Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales
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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 |
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.
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.
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