Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th October 2014
FREE: 9 venues, over 30 artists, street buskers, street stage, street stalls
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Autumn in Ballina
Ballina is the perfect short break destination this May and June.
Enjoy the start of whale watching season, the most popular vantage points for whale watching in the Ballina, Byron area are Ballina North Wall, Ballina Lighthouse Hill car park, Angels Beach viewing platform, Flat Rock viewing platform, Skennars Head, Boulders Beach headland or Rocky Point, Pat Moreton Lookout at Lennox Headland, Broken Head, Cape Byron Lighthouse.
With an average mid-year temperature of just 23 degrees and no summer crowds, take long walks along the beach, bike ride into town or jump in the car to explore the hinterland or take in one of the numerous events being held throughout the region.
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2013
Only 1 week away!!
The Byron Bay Blues festival
Easter Long weekend from the 27th March to 1 April 2013
Festival selling out!!!
Only limited single day tickets for Thu / Sat / Sun / Mon and very few 5 day tickets left -HURRY!
This year is an amazing line up.
Santana, Ben Harper, Steve Miller Band, Paul Simon, Chris Isaak, Status Quo, Jimmy Cliff.. just to mention a few
PLAYING SCHEDULE
To view a playing schedule go to:
GETTING THERE
Buses travel from just outside Leisure Lee you can view the timetable here, your pickup time would be Bayview Drive Estate – Old Coast Road
Blues Fest Bus Time Table
Alstonville Rodeo
Alstonville Rodeo
Sat 23 Feb 2013 – Alstonville Showgrounds
The annual Alstonville Rodeo features the following: open bull ride, open bare back, open bulldogging, calf roping, saddle ride, novice bull ride, breakaway roping, open steer ride, novice steer ride, ladies steer undecorating, junior steer ride, ladies barrel race and junior barrel race.
It is a great family event, with plenty of entertainment.
Ballina to Byron Bay Charity Walk
Sunday 19 May 2013, Ballina
Walk the beautiful Northern Rivers Coast Line.
The Ballina to Byron Bay Charity Walk is a 37km all terrain coastal walk supporting Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter.
Entrants can choose to walk the full distance – Ballina to Byron Bay – 37km; or walk the Ballina to Broken Head leg – 25km; or the Ballina to Lennox Head leg – 12km.
COST
Ballina to Byron Bay (37km) $200 per team of 4 – $75 Individual Walk/Run
Ballina to Broken Head (25km) $150 per team of 4 – $50 Individual Walk/Run
Ballina to Lennox Head (12km) $100 per team of 4 – $35 Individual Walk/Run
Register at the Event Launch & BBQ at Boulders Beach on Friday 1 February at 6pm 2013 or click on the link below
For more information please contact the Event Coordinator
http://www.ballinatobyronbaywalk.com.au/
Australia Day Ballina
Australia Day Ballina
The Ballina Shire Australia Day civic celebrations rotate around the Shire annually, with the Alstonville community hosting the event on Saturday 26 January, 2013.
The celebrations will be held from 9am – 11am in the beautiful Elizabeth Ann Brown Park (Wardell Road), the heart of the town centre. The civic reception includes a formal Australia Day ceremony consisting of the traditional flag raising ceremony, welcome to country, Australia Day address by special guest and London Olympic Swimming Champion Melanie Schlanger, naturalisation of new citizens and announcement of the Ballina Shire Australia Day Award recipients.
You’re invited.. Australia Day Pool Party!
Alstonville Pool will be hosting an Australia Day Pool Party! There will be FREE ENTRY from 11am – 6pm, sausage sizzle and pool inflatable in the water from 1pm – 5pm. Come along and enjoy a wonderful day with family and friends.
Lisa Hunt at Ballina RSL Australia Day 2013
Lisa Hunt and her band are ready to rock the stage at the Ballina RSL Club this Australia Day.
Lisa Hunt and her band will bring you a night of Soul… Sweet Soul Music! Playing the best of Motown and Rhythm & Blues. The songs you love by your favorite artist. So come on, lets ride the Soul train!
Now, I bet you’ve ‘heard it through the grapevine’ that forever soul are going to ‘reach out’ for you real soon. So ‘say a little prayer’ that this ‘natural woman’ will be ‘sitting on the dock of the bay’ in a town near you! We know she will get your ‘respect’ and you’ll be ‘dancing in the street’ till at least the ‘midnight hour’ because as Lisa says ‘ain’t no mountain high enough’ to keep her from bringing the SOUL TRAIN to your station.
- Ticket Price: FREE
- Venue: New Ground Floor Facilities
- Web site: www.foreversoul.com/pages/biography.html
February in Ballina
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Valentines Day, Ballina NSW
February is a fantastic time to visit Ballina.
The temperature is perfect and the holiday crowds have gone, leaving the pristine beaches, uncrowded. In fact it is not unusual to find you have the beach all to yourself. It is also the month of St Valentine, so why don’t you spoil yourself and your partner and book an apartment at Leisure Lee. We have spectacular waterviews, so you can sit on your private balcony, open a bottle of bubbly and take in a spectacular sunset and enjoy your own romantic getaway.
