“Those low mongrels,” was Greg Hurford’s reply when informed by his neighbour Alison James that her unique and quirky Ned Kelly letter box that had been taking guard over the entrances of their two properties had been not so ceremoniously removed (stolen) from his place of residence just outside Alstonville. Alison said that over the [...]
Midwives working in North Coast hospitals will celebrate International Midwives’ Day on Friday, May 5, with a range of workplace gatherings and after-hours socialising. The North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS) says midwives play a key role in the continuum of the birthing process, from the ante-natal care of pregnant women through to the delivery of [...]
If you are a woman aged between 18 and 40 who often feels tired, researchers at Southern Cross University would like to hear from you. Dr Joan O’Connor, the clinical trials co-ordinator for the Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine, Education and Research (ACCMER), is conducting a trial with a natural medicine formulation to improve mild [...]
Ballina High School’s extremely successful marine studies program has received a $150,000 boost from the Federal Government. Twenty-three public schools in the Page electorate, including Ballina High School, will share in $2.18 million in Australian Government Investing in Our Schools Capital Infrastructure funding. Federal Nationals Member for Page Ian Causley announced the funding, saying that the [...]
Smoke alarms will become compulsory for all residential properties on May 1. The NSW Fire Brigade says smoke alarms have been proven to save lives by waking people and alerting them to a fire and then giving them time to escape before being overcome by toxic smoke and fumes. The brigade says people rarely die [...]
Three Ballina schools are among eight local schools in the Page electorate which will share in a total of $458,700 in Australian Government Investing in Our Schools Capital Infrastructure funding. Federal Nationals Member for Page Ian Causley announced the funding, saying that the eight local independent schools will use the grants for projects that are [...]
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann reports on where they’re biting around Ballina and Lennox Head … Bruce Legge at Dave’s Bait Shop says the whiting are still going well up to Pimlico Island on live bloodworms, with a few good flatties to 5kg coming from North Creek up to Pimlico. A few school jew [...]
Quiksilver is taking its Revolution Tour — a surf, skate and music show — to South-East Asia, starting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 22. Quiksilver says Australian surf stars Ry Craike and Julian Wilson will be joined by international bands and thousands of fans for a ‘Big Day Out’ style celebration. The surfers will [...]
Ballina’s Thursday Plantation is inviting artists to submit proposals for the annual East Coast Sculpture Show. The 11th annual show will be at Thursday Plantation, on the Pacific Highway just north of town, from September 24 until January 31. An acquisition fund of $15,000 is offered, along with prizes totalling almost $5000. Artists have until [...]
Just one choice could mean the difference between an Easter holiday or an Easter tragedy, police have warned, adding that double demerit points apply until midnight on Monday. On the eve of Operation Tortoise, the State’s Easter road safety campaign, police have revealed that too many people were making choices that left them unprotected on [...]
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