Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum

The Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum is a community-run museum on Regatta Avenue on the Richmond River at Ballina, New South Wales. It is notable for housing the original Las Balsas raft, the only surviving raft from the 1973 Ecuador to Australia expedition, along with extensive Royal Australian Navy and merchant maritime collections, ship models, uniforms, photographs and artefacts documenting Australia's naval and local maritime history.

Visitors can expect a compact indoor museum on the Ballina waterfront with display halls containing the preserved Las Balsas balsa raft, naval uniforms, medals, photographs, ship models, navigational instruments, and exhibits relating to HMAS Ballina and Royal Australian Navy history. The setting is on the Richmond River foreshore near the central business district, with interpretive panels and volunteer guides explaining the collections. The visit is self-guided with opportunities for close viewing of artefacts and photography.