The Byron region boasts some of the most stunning natural areas along the north coast. The numerous beaches vary from tiny secluded patches of sand hidden away between rocks on a headland to vast stretches of open surf beach home to world renowned surf breaks.
The luscious hinterland is a patchwork of farmland and quaint little villages where you can generally find a multipurpose local store that sells everything imaginable and occasionally you’ll come across a little gem like Bangalow in behind Byron Bay that has a few stores as well as some great cafes and restaurants.
A Byron Bay locality name, Suffolk Park adjoins Tallow Beach and this proximity has led to the area becoming very popular with professionals, artists and writers who enjoy the advantages without the traffic and tourism of the main town. Tallow Beach retains its natural beauty thanks to building restrictions, and …
Back in the late 1960’s when American crooner Pat Boone was spruiking the radical new concept of a resort and recreation residential development on what had been just some well-sited farms, locals were somewhat bemused. But the picturesque pastoral landscape bounded by the Brunswick River to the south, Billinudgel to …
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 …
Often seen as the smaller and quieter cousin of Byron Bay, and just 20 km to the north, Brunswick Heads has rediscovered its heart after the increasingly busy Pacific Highway was re-routed away from the centre of town in 1998. With a pretty river setting, which provides a commercial fishing boat …
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 …
Byron Bay is a global destination, a name on backpackers’ itineraries from Stockholm to Osaka, a town of beautiful beaches and countryside and a famous lighthouse, but fairly ordinary streets, though with some extraordinary shops. Fifty years ago it was a whaling station, today the tourists arrive to watch the whales …