Tag: BROADWATER
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NORTHERN RIVERS CANE GROWERS GO AHEAD WITH HARVEST AFTER FLOODS
The Northern Rivers sugar industry is still recovering from the flood disaster, but there’s no stopping the annual crushing season.
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SHANNON NOLL PERFORMING AT BEERS FOR BROADWATER EVENT
Broadwater residents will be treated to a free concert this Saturday night at Ballina’s Cherry Street Sports Club. Shannon Noll and supporting bands provide the entertainment…. While money from five pallets of beers donated by Sydney’s Mounties Club will go to flood victims in the Broadwater community. Cherry Street Sport Club’s General Manager Tere Sheehan…
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COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF LISMORE HOPING THEY’VE SEEN THE WORST OF THE FLOODING
The Wilsons River peaked at 11.4 metres, it’s now sitting under 10 metres and is receding. There are still eight evacuation orders impacting thousands of people across the region. The SES has been called out to 100 requests for help – including to multiple communities south of Lismore.
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LISMORE’S TOWN COMES TOGETHER ON A PLAN TO REBUILD WHILE THE CLEAN UP CONTINUES IN BROADWATER
Almost two weeks on from Lismore’s catastrophic flooding event, the town has come together. As the community works on a plan to rebuild, in Broadwater, the clean up continues.
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BROADWATER TENNIS COURT UPGRADES TURN IT INTO MULTI-SPORT FACILITY
The Broadwater tennis court is back open and it’s offering more than just tennis. The facility has been upgraded, with fixed posts removed so that it can be used for netball and soccer as well. “It was put forward by the community that this is what they wanted, a bit of multi-sports which makes more…
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TRUCK FIRE ON THE NATION’S BUSIEST ROAD
The rear trailer of a b-double carrying plastic has been destroyed after it caught alight on the Pacific Highway, south of Ballina, in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene, outside the Broadwater Sugar Mill, just after 2am. It took fire crews more than an hour to extinguish the…
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RICHMOND RIVER BRIDGE NEARS COMPLETITION
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has visited Broadwater on the state’s Far North Coast, to mark a major milestone in the upgrade of the Pacific Highway. Today, the last girders were safely installed on the new Richmond River bridge.