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Ballina (/ b æ l ɪ n ə /) is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and the seat of the Ballina Shire local government area. It lies 740 km (460 mi) north of Sydney and 185 km (115 mi) south of Brisbane. Ballina's urban population at the end of 2021 was 46,190.
Ballina. Carved by the Richmond River and North Creek, this sleepy coastal town on the North Coast of NSW is the perfect union of long, uncrowded Pacific beaches, tidal bays, fertile valleys and a forward-thinking food scene. Not to mention the Big Prawn, erected in 1989 and telling a mouth-watering story of regional produce. Highlights.
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Ballina, town and port, north coastal New South Wales, Australia, situated primarily on an island at the mouth of the Richmond River. Ballina is about 500 miles (805 km), by road, northeast of Sydney.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ballina is a coastal town, just south of Byron Bay and Lennox Head in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales . Get in. By plane. 1 Ballina Airport ( BNK IATA ), Southern Cross Drive ( around 5km from the centre of Ballina ). Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Rex fly direct from Sydney. Jetstar flies direct from Melbourne.
Ballina, NSW. The town of Ballina, centred on an island at the mouth of the Richmond River, is surrounded by 32 kilometers of white, sandy beaches and seemingly endless, crystal waterways it’s a natural funpark for beach lovers, surfers, boaties, anglers and eco-adventurers.
The Ballina Shire has a wealth of Historical European and settler sites to explore. Cedar getting families were among the first Europeans to settle on the Richmond River at Ballina in 1842. Within a few years, Ballina had become a small centre known as Richmond Heads that serviced smaller cedar settlements along the tributaries of the river.
