Tiny Coomba Park won four Tidy Towns category awards, Bellingen and Byron Shire picked up more, and Dungog took the state’s top prize. See how North Coast towns did.
Ballina
Posted inBallina, Feature, Good News
Ballina woman sole winner of $100m powerball
A Ballina woman spent the day spotting signs from a late loved one. By night, she had won $100 million. Hear the moment her family found out.
Posted inBallina, Emergency management, Feature, Good News
Ballina SES gets new $6.3 million base
1,140 call-outs in three years, mostly storms and floods. Ballina’s SES volunteers now have a $6.3 million headquarters with an Emergency Operations Centre. See what the new base means for the Northern Rivers.
Posted inBallina, Expos and Conferences, Lifestyle
Ballina seniors invited to free forum on later-life housing
Older people in Ballina and the Northern Rivers are being invited to a free seniors forum and regional consultation at Ballina RSL Club on Thursday, 22 October.
Posted inBallina, Ballina Shire, Feature
Ballina airport turns 40 and wants your photos
Were you there in 1986? Ballina Byron Gateway Airport turns 40 and wants your photos and stories from the day 2,000 people watched the first flight land.
Posted inArts, Ballina, Feature
Four exhibitions explore landscapes, memory and disaster at Ballina gallery
Four exhibitions exploring landscapes, memory, environmental change and natural disasters will be presented at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina.
Posted inBallina, Feature, Roads and Infrastructure
Overnight roadworks to affect Pacific Motorway access at West Ballina
Overnight roadworks on the Pacific Motorway at West Ballina will cause temporary closures and detours from Monday, 12 October.
Posted inBallina, Feature, Health
Ballina residents asked to help shape future health services
Ballina residents are being invited to help shape future health services as planning begins for the region’s growing and ageing population.
Posted inBallina, Feature
$4.3m upgrade to cut queues at Ballina Resource Recovery Centre
Ballina residents can expect shorter queues and easier access following a $4.3 million upgrade to the Resource Recovery Centre.
Posted inAnimals, Ballina
Dogs on beaches? Ballina wants your say
Pets are family, but not everyone loves a dog on the beach. Ballina’s new plan will shape off-leash areas and ranger patrols across the shire, and the clock is ticking to have your say.