Below you'll find Visit North Coast's list of “Hinterland Towns & Villages”.
Until early 1973, Nimbin was just another small dairying community struggling to survive the rural changes in the region. The nationally-promoted Aquarius Festival changed all that, and the influx of starry-eyed visitors from around Australia, intent on exploring new ‘alternative’ ways of living, made Nimbin into the destination of dreams. …
The birthplace of Australian eco-tourism, Lismore is also the commercial centre of the north east of NSW and the home of Southern Cross University. However, for more than 6000 years before white settlement of the area, the original Bundjalung people had their own travel routes in the region, usually along …
Nick-named “the Holy City” because of the number of fine early Australian churches in this village, Clunes has good local services including a handy general store that is a post office, liquor store & serves delicious take away pizza.The Clunes Coffee Inn located next door prides itself on friendly & personalised …
Although much-larger Alstonville is only a few minutes drive away, the township of Wollongbar has its own distinctive identity thanks to the agricultural research of the Wollongbar Field Station and the large new TAFE which draws students from the whole district for a wide range of courses including agriculture and tourism. …
By mid-March each year, the roads leading into and around this pretty country town are a purple haze with the flowering of the distinctive purple-toned tibouchinas, Alstonville‘s signature tree. Bred from the native lasiandra decades ago by a local man, the late Ken Dunstan, the tibouchina thrives on the rich …
At the Pacific Highway turn-off now market by a selection of totem poles topped by a very large pelican there used to be an arrow-shaped sign pointing the way and declaring “Mullumbimby – biggest little town in Australia”. The alternative lifestyle movement of the early seventies brought a whole range …
The large timber pub which dominates the architecture of the little village of Billinudgel was for many years famed for its publican, the redoubtable Ma Ring, Australia’s oldest publican. The area was settled in the late 19th century and the construction of a railway siding in 1910 was the catalyst …
Back in the late 19th century, the little village of Bangalow was almost at the centre of one of the most productive areas in the state for the dairying industry. With historic shopfronts lining both sides of the main street, the village provided most of the essential services for the …