We are in store for a busy weekend following a quiet start to the year due to the holidays and wet weather.

Mostly sunny is the weather outlook with tops of 29 and 30 degrees so we are off to a good start.

Baseball fans are chomping at the bit for the first pitch in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) game tonight at Albert Park when the Sydney Blue Sox take on the Canberra Cavalry at 7pm. It is the first time in three years since Lismore has seen major ABL action which should attract a good crowd especially when admission is free.

There will be four games over the weekend:

• Game 1 tonight at 7pm
• Game 2 on Saturday at 1pm
• Game 3 on Saturday at 4pm and
• Game 4 on Sunday at 3pm.

Speedway fans will be excited also as they hit a double header this weekend at the Lismore Showgrounds with the feature race the 100-lap Wingless Sprintcar Grand Prix.

Saturday night will see the Wingless Sprintcars preliminary qualifying heats as well as AMCA Nationals, Production Sedans, Street Stocks, Junior Sedans and National 4's while Sunday night Lismore Speedway will crown the Northern Rivers Junior Champion as well as the final of the 100-lap Wingless Sprints and a firework display at the end of the night.

If you or family members would like to see the Wingless Sprintcars up close get down to Lismore Nissan between 9am and 11am tomorrow morning. The Wingless Sprintcars will be on display with their drivers available for a chat and a sausage sizzle.

While on sport, Far North Coast Softball returns to action this weekend after a long holiday break which included cancelling their last games before Christmas due to the heavy December rain.

The LJ Hooker League and the Northern Rivers Cricket League will welcome a fine weekend to get a full days play away over the weekend.

Market wise, the Lismore Farmers Markets open the gates at 8am tomorrow. Fresh fruit and veg direct from the farmers as well as some live music by Tapestry Road.

The Blue Knob Community Markets are set to return for the second time in 2021 between 8:30am and 11:30am with locally grown produce, including coffee - beans or ground - eggs, honey, vegetables, baked goods.

The larger market this weekend sees the Nimbin Markets return in 2021 between 9am and 3pm in Cullen Street.

You can make a day if it by taking the family on one of the many wonderful bushwalks in the Nightcap National Park (Walks)

The Roadworks on Bruxner Highway from Rotary Drive and Nielsen Street in East Lismore will continue this Sunday between 6am and 6pm like last weekend. You can expect lance closures and detours with traffic reduced to 40kmh.

If you are on the roads and need to fill your tank, the cheapest petrol prices are at the United on Ballina Road for E10 at 114.9 and Unleaded 91 116.9. We are starting to see some big variations for the price of U98 with some stations charging over 140 but if you go the Liberty on Wyrallah Road, East Lismore you will pay 125.9. That is a saving of $9 on a 60 litre tank of petrol. Diesel owners should be paying in the 117 price bracket with 117.5 the cheapest at the Liberty's on Terania Street, North Lismore.

Australia Day will be the focus for Neil Mark's weekly Blog tomorrow while the Sunday Profile looks at the life of teacher and artist Mim O'Grady and written by Australia Day Award nominee Denise Alison.

Here are this weeks funny meme's to get the weekend off to a happy start: