Ballina, New South Wales, Australia

Economy | The Big Prawn | Transport : Air

🇦🇺 Ballina is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and the seat of the Ballina Shire local government area. The town lies on the Richmond River and serves as a gateway to Byron Bay.

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Economy The median household income was estimated to be A$1,093 per week; with the median mortgage repayments estimated at A$1,733 per month; and median rent estimated at A$345 per week. The average number of motor vehicles was 1.6 per dwelling.

Ballina serves as a tourism gateway to the close by destinations of Lismore and Byron Bay. The town has access to several beaches, such as Shelley's Beach, and to historical sites such as the Ballina Manor and the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum, however its most famous landmark is undoubtedly the 'Big Prawn'.

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The Big Prawn Ballina is home to the world's largest prawn model (made of concrete and fibreglass). On 24 September 2009, Ballina Shire Council voted to allow the demolition of the Big Prawn, but this permission was never acted upon. Bunnings Warehouse purchased the site and refurbished the Prawn as part of the redevelopment. The Prawn now sits on a stand next to the entrance of the Bunnings Warehouse car park. In March 2018, Google Maps' facial recognition software blurred out the facial area of the Prawn, first noticed on Reddit Australia, and later reported in The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Transport: Air Ballina Byron Gateway Airport is the region's main airport, located on Southern Cross Drive and 5 km (3 mi) from the Ballina CBD. It has links to Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney with FlyPelican, Jetstar, Regional Express Airlines and Virgin Australia operating services. The airport is a 30-minute road trip to Byron Bay and 40 minutes to Lismore. In 2005 Ballina Airport was renamed the Ballina Byron Gateway airport in a bid to attract more people to the area.

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Ballina has a population of over 26,381 people. Ballina also forms the centre of the wider Ballina Shire which has a population of over 46,850 people. It is also a part of the larger Northern Rivers Region.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Ballina has links with:

🇮🇪 Ballina, Ireland 🇳🇿 Matamata-Piako, New Zealand 🇳🇿 Te Aroha, New Zealand
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Antipodal to Ballina is: -26.445,28.868

Locations Near: Ballina 153.555,-28.8679

🇦🇺 Lismore 153.29,-28.815 d: 26.5  

🇦🇺 Murwillumbah 153.383,-28.317 d: 63.5  

🇦🇺 City of Gold Coast 153.428,-28.001 d: 97.2  

🇦🇺 Gold Coast 153.416,-28.002 d: 97.3  

🇦🇺 Surfers Paradise 153.417,-28 d: 97.4  

🇦🇺 Southport 153.405,-27.974 d: 100.5  

🇦🇺 Logan 153.109,-27.639 d: 143.4  

🇦🇺 Redland City 153.25,-27.583 d: 145.9  

🇦🇺 Brisbane 153.024,-27.471 d: 163.8  

🇦🇺 Ipswich 152.666,-27.665 d: 159.6  

Antipodal to: Ballina -26.445,28.868

🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada -25.673,37.736 d: 19026.4  

🇮🇨 Arona -16.667,28.1 d: 19055.9  

🇵🇹 Angra do Heroísmo -27.217,38.65 d: 18925  

🇵🇹 Terceira Island -27.2,38.717 d: 18917.7  

🇮🇨 San Cristóbal de La Laguna -16.314,28.478 d: 19026.1  

🇮🇨 Santa Cruz de Tenerife -16.25,28.467 d: 19019.7  

🇵🇹 Madeira -17,32.75 d: 19015.7  

🇵🇹 Funchal -16.905,32.648 d: 19011.8  

🇮🇨 San Bartolomé de Tirajana -15.573,27.926 d: 18946.8  

🇮🇨 Santa Lucía de Tirajana -15.533,27.917 d: 18942.9  

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