Ballina

Ballina is on the north coast and feels like an inland county town, but is lucky to have a beach. The “Shelly Beach” is the closest patrolled beach to town. The “Naval & Maritime Museum” displays the 1973 Las Balsas expedition raft that floated here from Ecuador. For staying overnight you should go to the “Ballina Travellers Lodge YHA” there you can get a night in a dorm for A$ 21.