Local, national and world news for Ballina Shire, NSW | Friday 16 May, 2008

New voice for surfers

Ed Standfield, from Ballina, and about six other local surfers are behind the establishment of the North East Surfers' Alliance. The 55-year-old grew up in Ballina, and has been surfing locally since the mid-1960s. He co-founded the Lennox-Ballina Boardriders' Club and also is a former professional...
  • Bypass joy

    The government has allocated $13.6 million to start work on the long-awaited $90-million Alstonville bypass and $100m has...

  • Final farewell for Peter

    Peter, 16, of Wollongbar, died after being attacked at North Wall, Ballina, on April 8. Peter's ashes were scattered into...

  • 'I saw Smithy fly over'

    Her mother, Dorothy Newport, was outside the house waving and shouting to the pair: "Here comes Smithy, here comes Smithy."...

  • Uni scientist warns against dredging river

    Dr Daniel Bucher, a marine ecologist and senior lecturer at Southern Cross University, last Friday while launching a...

  • Age shall not weary it

    Stage 1 of the upgrade, worth $20,000, was completed over three days this week, funded by the Ballina RSL Sub-Branch. The...

 

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