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Richmond River Lighthouse and Lighthouse Beach
1880 lighthouse on the Richmond River headland in East Ballina, with a lookout over the coast and Lighthouse Beach just below.
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Ballina
In the destination Byron Bay.
In the photo: Big Prawn, Ballina
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The city
What to expect from Ballina.
Town at the mouth of the Richmond River, about 34 km south of Byron Bay, land of the Bundjalung. It has the regional airport, calm beaches like Lighthouse Beach and Shelly Beach, and the Richmond River lighthouse, from 1880. At the town entrance stands the Big Prawn, the giant prawn that is one of the landmarks of the coastal highway.
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What to see in Ballina
Monument
The Big Prawn
A giant prawn of concrete and fibreglass at the entrance to Ballina, one of the Australian “Big Things,” restored and installed next to a parking area.