It has been a wet week for Lismore, with 25mm falling quickly on Monday evening and a further 21mm yesterday, leaving the ground a bit damp for the weekend.

This has been good for gardens and lawns but not good for sporting fields as the winter season finals continue.

The weekend weather should be mostly sunny with a possible shower. The Bureau of Meteorology say there is a 40% chance and only up to 1mm falling. Temperatures should reach the early 20s as the minimums return to below double digits for the first time in a few weeks.

Partly cloudy and mostly sunny is the forecast for the rest of next week.

The spring event calendar is building towards a hive of activity in the coming weeks:

• Second Hand Saturday - September 21st
• 2024 Nimbin Show - Saturday and Sunday, September 21 & 22
• 2024 Rodney Lees Cabinetmaking Lismore Cup - Friday, September 27
• 2024 Elders Lismore Show - Thursday to Saturday, October 17 to 19

I should mention that the Lismore Workers Club will reopen on Monday, September 23, just over a week away.

The big event this weekend is the 2024 Lismore City Council Elections.

If you have not voted early, you need to vote at a nominated venue between 8am and 6pm. You can find the list of candidates, both mayoral and councillor, on the Lismore App Meet The Candidates button on the front page, as well as where to vote Meet Your Candidates.

The Lismore App will have ongoing coverage via our Facebook page from 6pm as votes start to roll in on the NSW Electoral Commission website.

One of your voting options is at Norma's Kitchen, just behind the Lismore Farmers Market, which is on tomorrow from 7:30am to 11:30am. You can kill two birds by buying some local produce and voting at the same time.

You can also help Millie tomorrow (Saturday).

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and childhood cancer ambassador, Millie, will be Farmers Market raising funds for The Kid's Cancer Project. She will be selling tickets for her Kids Cancer Super Raffle, featuring over $10,000 in prizes and selling her handmade creations. Every item is made with love, and every dollar goes directly to vital childhood cancer research.

Live music will be by Bruce Worrall at the Farmers Markets.

Other live music over the weekend is at the Northern Rivers Hotel. Tonight, it's Helio Ray Duo from 7pm, Saturday Doc Rock from 7pm and the Sunday Session is Drummer Not Included from 2pm to 5pm.

The Ballina Seagulls are the NRRRL champions after defeating the Bilambil Jets last weekend. Ballina tasted defeat in last year's Grand Final at the hands of Cudgen, so the victory would have been sweet.

It is the start of finals for Football Far North Coast tomorrow when Minor Premiers Bangalow take on Alstonville at 3pm at Bangalow Recreational Reserve tomorrow (Saturday). The other Semi-Final is a Lismore derby, with South Lismore at home to Goonellabah at Nesbitt Park at 3pm.

The Women's Premier League Semi-Finals will both be played on Sunday. Semi-Final 2 is Alstonville v Byron Bay from 2:30pm and Richmond Rovers have it all to do in Semi-Final 1 when they tackle Minor Premiers Lennox Head at Skennars Head, also from 2:30pm.

There has been some good news at the petrol bowsers this week with most grades of fuel dropping by 2 to 5 cents a litre, even in Lismore. U98 is the only exception.

It is still cheaper to fill up at Ballina where you can save $16 on a 60l tank of petrol. Lismore is the cheapest for diesel by 5 cents a litre at the new Astron on Ballina Road.

Here are the latest prices in each town:

• E10 is 191.9 at three Lismore service stations: The EG Ampol near The Square, the 7-Eleven and the Ampol Foodary on Union Street, South Lismore, 172.9 at the United on Johnston Street in Casino, with The Metro and new Mobile in Ballina cheapest at 164.5.
• Unleaded 91 is 185.9 at the new Astron on Ballina Road, 174.9 at the two Liberty's on Hare Street and Centre Street, the Casino Roadhouse and The United on Johnston Street in Casino and 166.5 at the Metro and the new Mobil in Ballina.
• U95 is 203.9 at the Independent on Wyrallah Road, East Lismore, Northside Liberty and Bakers Corner at North Lismore and the Shell South Lismore at 21 Elliot Road, 191.9 at the EG Ampol on Canterbury Street, Casino and 177.5 at The Metro in Ballina.
• U98 is 208.9 at the new Astron on Ballina Road, 194.9 at the Liberty's on Hare Street and Centre Street in Casino and 188.5 at The Metro on River Street, Ballina.
• Diesel is 177.9 at the new Astron on Ballina Road in Lismore, 184.7 at the United on Johnston Street in Casino and 182.5 at the new Mobil in Ballina.

Have a great weekend!

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