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Lighthouse Beach is a surf lifesaving patrolled beach in East Ballina, NSW, Australia. Located in between Shelley Beach and The North Wall, Ballina, this beach is approximately 600m long and 50m wide.
Lighthouse Beach | |
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Beach | |
Coordinates: 28°52′15″S 153°35′27″E / 28.8707°S 153.5909°E | |
Location | Ballina, New South Wales, Australia |
Formed by | sand deposit |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 650m |
The beach was created in the 1890s after sand pushed up against the training walls of the Richmond River and was given the name of "Tomki Beach" after a 1907 shipwreck.[1][2] The beach was popular as a place to walk but also became popular as a swimming destination in the 1920s as culture changed.[3]
The beach is a popular surfing location but has a history of shark attacks, including fatal ones in 2008 and 2015.[4] A shark barrier was installed in 2016 in order to attempt to prevent attacks, but problems with the barriers surfaced within months of their installation.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Henry, Manuela (2009). Beaches of Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers. Hyams Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 9780977579853.
- ^ Andrew J. Short (2019). Australian Coastal Systems. Springer International Publishing. p. 571.
- ^ Croucher, John S. (2020). A Concise History of New South Wales. Woodslane Press.
- ^ Elloise Farrow-Smith; Justine Frazier (18 March 2016). "Surfers protest against installation of shark barrier at Ballina's Lighthouse Beach". ABC.
- ^ "Shark barriers to be installed on Ballina's Lighthouse beach". ABC. 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Ballina's shark problem: How an eco barrier became an 'environmental disaster'". ABC. 26 September 2016.