Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Life Saving Club
When Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Life saving Club started operating over 70 years ago, there were less than 50 clubs in Australia. Now there are 243. It was first formed under the name of Ballina Lighthouse S.L.S.C on 13th September, 1933.Prior to this date, Lighthouse Beach, or Tomki Beach as it was known in earlier years, following the wreck of the Tomki and was considered unsafe. This belief arose because it was formed after the North Wall of the breakwater was completed and had been, in fact, the mouth of the Richmond River.
