Big Volcano® Visitor Guide

Indoor entertainment, cinemas, amusement centres, roller skating and indoor sports centres on the north coast NSW, and Gold Coast Hinterland QLD.

Business Spotlight

historical photo 20k
Uki Creek circa 1920 Photo © courtesy of
Murwillumbah Historical Society, Tweed Regional Museum

Amusements, Cinemas & Indoor Entertainment

"I'm bored."  "It's raining!"  "What can we do now?"   What do you do when you've seen all the sights, you've shopped til you've dropped, and you just want some down time?

Check out our wet weather entertainment, indoor and outdoor family fun, including amusement centres, cinemas, libraries, roller skating, indoor play centres and sports centres in the Northern Rivers region of NSW and southern Gold Coast of QLD.

Click the business name to go to company's website
Exterior Ballina Navel and Maritime Museum
Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum

The museum is open daily from 9am to 4pm, EAST, except Xmas Day, Boxing Day, Anzac Day and Good Friday, with a large collection of naval and maritime memorabilia: a full size La Balsas raft which succesfully completed a trans Pacific voyage from South America, and many other interesting displays.  Admission by donation

Locality
Ballina

Telephone:
(02) 6681 1002
Tweed Regional Museum - Murwillumbah
Tweed Regional Gallery

Home to the Margaret Olley Art Centre, touring exhibitions from capital city galleries, and public programs showcasing local talent, the TRG also displays previous Doug Moran Potrait Prize winners, along with other donated and purchased works.

Daily guided tours, and art classes, craft workshops and school holiday programs are also offered.

The galley has cafe and a gift and souvenir shop. 

Open 10am - 5pm Wednesday to Sunday.  Free Admission

Locality
Murwillumbah South, NSW

Telephone:
(02) 6670 2790
Tweed Regional Museum - Murwillumbah
Tweed Regional Museum - Murwillumbah

Displays showcase the patterns of settlement, industry and agriculture that have shaped the Valley, and provide insights into contemporary life in the Shire.  School groups and special interst groups welcome by arrangement.

Open 10am - 4pm Tuesday to Saturday. Free Admission

Locality
Murwillumbah, NSW

Telephone:
(02) 6670 2272
Minjungbal Aboriginal Centre
Minjungbal Museum and Cultural Centre

A NSW NPWS Historic Site open daily, features a mangrove boardwalk and walking track winding through the site and free use of picnic facilities with electric barbecues.

The Cultural Centre has a museum, and a shop offering aboriginal art, crafts and souvenirs.

Private tours, small groups, school groups and special interest groups of 20+, are welcome.  Indigenous guides are available by arrangment, to provide guided interpretive tours through the museum and site with its relics, flora and fauna. $p.o.a.

The shop and museum open Monday to Friday, 9am-3pm.   Museum entry fee: Kids/Students/Pensioners $5, Adults $10.* The walk is free.

* As at 25/8/21

Locality
Tweed Heads South

Telephone:
(07) 5524 2109
Ballina Fair Cinemas
Ballina
(02) 6686 9600
Ballina Indoor Sports Centre (BISC) Updated
Ballina
(02) 6687 6291 Updated
Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum
Ballina
(02) 6681 1002
Ballina Olympic Pool and Waterslide
Ballina
(02) 6686 3771
Ballina Ten Pin Bowl
Ballina
(02) 6686 5342
Banora Point Aquatic Centre
Banora Point
(07) 5523 3177
Club Banora - Oasis Pools
Banora Point
(07) 5523 1781
Byron Bay Arts Trail - Arts & Industry Estate
Byron Bay
-
Circus Arts
Byron Bay
(02) 6685 6566
Pig House Flicks Lounge Cinema
Byron Bay
(02) 6685 5828
Kids World
Byron Bay
(02) 6685 7299
Wave Rock Indoor Rock Climbing Centre
Byron Bay
(02) 6680 8777
CoolHeads Friday Fun Night, 12y-18y,
3rd Friday of the month at the Lyons Park Cabarita Headland from 5pm - 8pm (weather premitting).
Cabarita
(07) 5589 1800
Scenic Rim Pools - Canungra :
September - March
Canungra
1300 733 053
Superbee Honey World
Currumbin
(07) 5598 4548
Surf World Gold Coast
OPEN 10am-5pm DAILY
Currumbin
(07) 5525 6380
Casino Square Dance Club
Casino
(02) 6662 6647
Casino Indoor Cricket Centre
Casino
(02) 6662 5966
Wizard Amusement Centre
Casino
(02) 6662 1611
Gold Coast Rollerland & Amusements
Coolangatta
(07) 5536 1739
Replay Family Entertainment Centre
Coolangatta
(07) 5536 9693
Timezone
Coolangatta
(07) 5506 5300
Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre
Goonellabah (Lismore)
(02) 6625 5370

Casuarina Recreation Club
Kingscliff
(02) 6674 9966
Cinemax Kingscliff
Kingscliff
(02) 6674 4422
Kingscliff Swimming Centre
Kingscliff
(02) 6674 1903
Lismore Four Cinema
Lismore
(02) 6621 2361
Lismore Grand Pre
Lismore
(02) 6621 7077
RollerWorld Lismore Updated
Lismore
(02) 6621 6565
Lismore Indoor Sports Courts
Lismore
(02) 6621 2914
Lismore Tenpin Bowl
Lismore
(02) 6621 2479
PlayQuest Childrens Play Centre & Cafe
Lismore
(02) 6622 5721
CoolHeads Friday Fun Nights 12y-18y,
2nd and 4th Friday of the month @ Murwillumbah Community Centre 4pm-8pm
Murwillumbah
(07) 5589 1800
Murwillumbah Indoor Sports & Leisure Centre
Murwillumbah
(02) 6672 4144
Regent Cinema
Murwillumbah
(02) 6672 8265
Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre
Murwillumbah
(02) 6670 2750
Murwillumbah Historical Society, Tweed Regional Museum
Murwillumbah
(02) 6670 2400
Bush Theatre
Nimbin
(02) 6689 1111
Scenic Rim Pools - Tamborine Mountain :
September - March
Tamborine Mountain
1300 733 053
Coolangatta Tweed Ten Pin Bowl
Tweed Heads
(07) 5536 1606
Kids Space - Twin Towns Resort
Tweed Heads
(07) 5536 2121
Police & Community Youth Clubs
Tweed Heads
(07) 5599 1714
AMC Tweed 6 Cinemas
Tweed Heads South
1300 366 339
Epic Skate Centre
Tweed Heads South
(07) 5523 9660
Kidz Biz Children's Fun Centre and Cafe
Tweed Heads South
(07) 5523 9911
Lower Tweed River Historical Society
Tweed Heads South
(07) 5536 8625
Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Tweed Heads South
(07) 5524 2109
South Tweed Indoor Pool
Tweed Heads South
(07) 5524 3563
Tabatinga Family Fun Centre (Seagulls):
Mon-Wed 9:30am 5pm, Thurs-Sat 9.30am -9pm, Sun 9.30am-4pm.
Tweed Heads West
(07) 5587 9035
Paramount Indoor Rock Climbing Centre
West Burleigh
(07) 5593 6919
Superbowl Gold Coast Ten Pin Centre
West Burleigh
(07) 5535 4622

Google Ads

Visit us on:
Facebook logo Flickr logo Instagram YouTube logo