Ballina Attractions 
Ballina (pop. 29,240) is a fishing port and favorite family resort. In the mid-19th C gold was found in the sand of the estuary and on the beach. A predecessor of Ballina on the site was a settlement established on Shaws Bay around 1840 where timber was loaded on to ships.
Ballina Naval And Maritime Museum
The Ballina Naval And Maritime Museum is interesting and features a steam riverboat exhibit and balsa-wood raft which crossed the Pacific from South America to here.
Ballina Naval And Maritime Museum
Las Balsa Plaza
Regatta Avenue
Ballina, NSW 2478
Australia
Las Balsa Plaza
Regatta Avenue
Ballina, NSW 2478
Australia
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Broadwater Sugar Mill
Broadwater Sugar Mill is open to visitors.
The Mill is situated on the Richmond River south of Ballina and was, at one time, the most important sugar factory in Australia.
The Mill is situated on the Richmond River south of Ballina and was, at one time, the most important sugar factory in Australia.
Shaws Bay Hotel
The Shaws Bay Hotel in East Ballina is in the style of a well-to-do citizen's house in Sydney.
Tropical Fruit Research Station
The Tropical Fruit Research Station is open to visitors.
The station grows fruit such as bananas, avocadoes, macadamias, pecans, pawpaw, sapodillas, mangoes, oranges, lemons, mandarines, limes, grapefruit, persimmons, tamarillos, kiwifruit, blueberries and low-chill peach and nectarines.
The station grows fruit such as bananas, avocadoes, macadamias, pecans, pawpaw, sapodillas, mangoes, oranges, lemons, mandarines, limes, grapefruit, persimmons, tamarillos, kiwifruit, blueberries and low-chill peach and nectarines.
