Byron Bay
This photogenic, 32-hectare green oasis outside Byron is shared by Three Blue Ducks restaurant, a produce store, the Bread Social bakery, an ice-creamery…
Must-see attractions in Byron Bay & Northern NSW
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Byron Bay
Tallow Beach is a deserted sandy stretch that extends for 7km south from Cape Byron. This is the place to flee the crowds: much of the beach is backed by…
Coffs Harbour
The Gumbaynggirr people knew this island as Giidany Miirlarl (Place of the Moon). It was joined to Coffs Harbour by the northern breakwater in 1935. The…
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Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
This exceptional gallery overlooking the river is an architectural delight and home to some of Australia’s finest works. An extension devoted to acclaimed…
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Coffs Harbour
This sheltered beach, with its picturesque jetty, is protected by a breakwater, creating calm swimming conditions. It's a quick walk from nearby…
Cape Byron State Conservation Park
Byron Bay
The Cape Byron State Conservation Park is home to the Cape Byron lighthouse, plenty of stunning lookouts (including from the most eastern point of the…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
This small volunteer-run centre takes in sick, injured and orphaned koalas from the surrounding area and does its best to rehabilitate them and release…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
The vast Border Ranges National Park covers 317 sq km on the NSW side of the McPherson Range, which runs along the NSW–Queensland border. It's part of the…
Byron Bay
This 1901 lighthouse is Australia’s most easterly and also its most powerful shipping beacon. Inside there are maritime and nature displays. Take one of…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
The spectacular waterfalls, the sheer cliff of solidified lava and the dense rainforest of 80-sq-km Nightcap National Park, the traditional land of the…
Byron Bay
Northwest of the town centre, wild Belongil Beach has high dunes and avoids the worst of the crowds. It's clothing-optional in parts. At its eastern end…
Byron Bay
An eastern, and often unexpectedly serene, extension of busy Main Beach. Byron's most popular surf break is at the Pass, where Clarkes Beach meets the…
Byron Bay
Secluded Little Watego’s (inaccessible by car) is a lovely patch of sand directly under rocky Cape Byron. Head here at sunset for an impressive and…
Byron Bay
Immediately in front of town, lifesaver-patrolled Main Beach is busy from sunrise to sunset with yoga classes, sunbakers, buskers and occasionally fire…
Byron Bay
East of Main Beach, the small crescent of Watego's fringes Byron's most affluent enclave. Dolphin sightings are common here.
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Surrounds Wollumbin/Mt Warning (1156m), the most dramatic feature of the hinterland, towering over the valley. Its Aboriginal name, Wollumbin, means …
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Stretching for 25km along the coast north of the Clarence River to South Evans Head, this national park is largely untouched. Most of it is best explored…
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Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
This small cultural centre set in a grove of old gum trees on the Tweed River provides an interesting insight into the traditional owners of the land, the…
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Byron Bay
Set on the Brook family's scenic farm in Byron's hinterland is the Cape Byron Distillery, home to a much-lauded Brookie's dry gin. It's created with 26…
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Coffs Harbour
Wind your way through banana plantations on the 10-minute drive from Coffs Harbour to Sealy Lookout in the Orara East State Forest. A short cantilevered…
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Northern Rivers Community Gallery
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
An excellent regional gallery representing the strong creative community that is an essential part of this region. Housed in the historic former Ballina…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Part shop, part stronghold for minor political group the Hemp Party, this colourful place raises consciousness about impending marijuana legalisation, and…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Victoria St is the city's main heritage precinct, with some fine examples of 19th-century architecture, including the 1862 courthouse at No 47, the…
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North Coast Regional Botanic Garden
Coffs Harbour
Immerse yourself in the subtropical surrounds of the greenhouses, sensory gardens and lush rainforest of these botanic gardens. The 8km Coffs Creek Walk…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Long Seven Mile Beach starts at the township and stretches north. It's accessible to 4WDs, but you need a permit from the automated kiosk on Camp Drewe Rd…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Lismore’s gallery has long been a cultural force in the town and a real centre of creative life in the region. It holds excellent regularly changing…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Ballina's big prawn was nearly thrown on the BBQ in 2009, but no one had the stomach to dispatch it. After a $400,000 restoration in 2013 by hardware…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
A couple of Lismore's laneways have been transformed into an impressive open-air gallery of street art by local and international artists. Follow Eggins…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Occupying an impressive 1880-built house, this small gallery has an interesting collection of NSW landscape paintings and regularly displays special…
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Byron Bay
Start your 3.7km walking track around Cape Byron from the Captain Cook Lookout. The rainforest stretch near the lookout has the best wildlife-spotting ops.
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Coffs Harbour
Diggers is popular with surfers and good for beginners, with swells averaging 1m to 1.5m. Access is via a turn-off from the highway near the Big Banana.
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Coffs Harbour
Naturists let it all hang out at Little Diggers, an unofficial nude beach, just inside the northern headland.
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Coffs Harbour
A long, lovely stretch of sand backed by dense shrubbery and sand dunes, which conceal the buildings beyond.
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Held by the Clarence River, this market features locally produced food and craft, and live music.
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Lying just in-shore from the beach, this freshwater lake is tinged brown by tannins leeching from the tea trees along its banks. Don't fret: it's…
Byron Bay
South of Suffolk Park, this popular clothing-optional, gay-friendly beach is just off Seven Mile Beach Rd past the Broken Head Holiday Park.
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Coffs Harbour
Built in 1964, the Big Banana started the craze for ‘Big Things’ in Australia. Admission is free, with charges for associated attractions, such as ice…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Nimbin was an innovator of the organic gardening movement and this world-renowned permaculture education centre, created out of a degraded cow pasture…
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Crystal Castle & Shambhala Gardens
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
A positive-energy theme park where pretty gardens are dotted with monolithic crystal pieces, a huge gold Buddha and mystical statues. Wander across the…
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Byron Bay & Northern NSW
A stop between Grafton and Ballina, this museum complex and cafe – set on the site of the original New Italy Settlement – is a good spot to stretch the…
