Models Museum
The old adage, “a photo is worth a thousand words” is certainly true. Even if in today’s world of computerised editing and software that can manipulate images almost seamlessly makes telling truth from fiction a little more difficult and in
Limmerick Found
When the early morning silence off the coast of Ballina was shattered by an explosion on the morning of 26th April 1943 it created a riddle that would not be solved till August 2013. On that bright moon light morning the
Harbourpilots
The capricious Ballina bar crossing has long been the bane of ship’s captains and navigators. In his 1997 study “Shipwreck Heritage of the Richmond River”, Mike Richards lists some eighty- eight vessels which had come to grief on the bar
FENWICK and the PROTECTOR
SS Protector: - Fenwick Brothers Ballina Most famously Tom Fenwick a blunt, strong willed man. Who came to rule the river mouth at Ballina as an operator of tugboats. SS Pprotector was esigned by James Pashley – South Ballina especially for work
Cpt Rous Finding Richmond River
As a region we owe much to a well-heeled son of nobility with a penchant for sporting pursuits and in particular horse racing. When Captain Henry Rous anchored his ship Rainbow off of the mouth of a yet unnamed river in
Centaur
The recent commemoration of the D- Day landings during the second World War serves as a reminder of the sacrifices made by our enlisted personnel in times of war. It also reminds us of those who faced great danger to
