Red Gold and Rough Seas
How Cedar Made Ballina the Third Busiest Port in New South Wales Published by the Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum | May 2026 Before the tourists came, before the airport, before the Pacific Highway bypass — before any of it — there
The Remarkable Life of the MV Florrie
Ninety-Five Years on the Richmond Published by the Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum | April 2026 If ships could talk, the Florrie would have more stories than most people accumulate in a lifetime. Built in the early 1880s, wrecked on the Ballina
When Ballina Built for Battle
The Richmond River's Forgotten Role in WWII Published by the Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum | April 2026 Today, the Richmond River at Ballina is a place of leisure — kayakers paddle past pelicans, fishing boats idle at their moorings, and visitors
