Byron Bay
Travel Guide Oceania Australia New South Wales Northern Rivers Byron Bay
Introduction
Byron Bay is a beautiful beach town on the North Coast, New South Wales. It is also home of the most easterly point of the Australian mainland. And is very popular with local and overseas tourists, particularly backpackers!
Sights and Activities
- Long sweeping white sand beaches
- Excellent surfing breaks
- Cape Byron lighthouse
- Skydiving and Gliding
- Scuba diving Julian Rocks Marine Reserve
- Mountainbiking through hinterland rainforest
- Arakwal National Park
- Whale and Dolphin watching
- Market Day - (1st Sunday of the month)
- Mount Warning National Park walk
- Jim's Alternative Tours
- Meditation, massage and mud-packs
Events and Festivals
- East Coast Blues & Roots Festival (Easter weekend)
- Byron Bay Writers Festival (August)
- Splendour In The Grass (August)
Getting There
By Plane
- Gold Coast Airport (OOL) has international and domestic flights. The airport is located some 100 kilometres south of Brisbane. Destinations include Adelaide, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Mount Isa, Darwin, Kuala Lumpur, Cairns, Osaka, Sydney, Tokyo, Canberra and Townsville.
- Ballina Airport - domestic flights to Melbourne and Sydney
- Lismore Airport - domestic flights to Sydney.
By Train
- CountryLink Rail Services - Railway information
By Car
- Coolangatta (1 hour) Brunswick Heads (22 minutes) Bangalow (18 minutes) Mullumbimby (23 minutes)
- Ballina (38 minutes) Lismore (50 minutes) Nimbin (1h 21 minutes)
By Bus
- Greyhound Australia - Services the whole of Australia.
- Byron Bay Airbus - Ballina, Lismore, Coolangatta transfers.
- Brisbane 2 Byron - Brisbane to Byron.
By Boat
The nearest ports are in Ballina and Brunswick Heads.
Getting Around
By Car
- Byron Bay Taxis - (02) 6685 5008
- Mullumbimby Taxis - (02) 6684 3322
By Public Transport
Blanchs Buses - Mullumbimby - Byron Bay - Suffolk Park - Lennox Head - Ballina - Ballina Airport.
By Foot
Getting around town and the main beach are easily walked.
By Bike
Bikes can be hired from places such as Byron Bay Bicycles or Cycling Tours.
Eat
There are plenty of cafe's, restaurant's and convenience stores through out town. There are also two supermarkets, one in Johnson Street and one in the Byron Industrial Estate.
- Bay Kebabs is located on the Jonson St Roundabout and serves excellent kebabs.
- Fishheads serve seafood right at the end of Jonson Street overlooking the sea.
- Hog's Breath Cafe serves steaks at 4 Jonson Street
Sleep
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Factory Lodge | Skinners Shoot Rd | Hostel | - |
| Byron Bay YHA | 7 Carlyle Street | Hostel | - |
| Middle Reef Beachhouse | 13 Marvel St | Hostel | - |
| Nomads Odyssey | 1 Lawson Lane | Hostel | - |
| Cape Byron Lodge | Cnr of Byron & Middleton Sts | Hostel | - |
| Backpackers Inn on the Beach | 29 Shirley St | Hostel | - |
| Main Beach Backpackers | Cnr Lawson & Fletcher Sts | Hostel | - |
| Aquarius Backpackers | 16 Lawson Street | Hostel | - |
| Amigos Guesthouse | 32 Kingsley Street corner Tennyson Street | Guesthouse | 85 |
| Baystay Bed & Breakfast | 30 Marvell Street | Guesthouse | 88 |
| Byron Springs Guest House | 2 Oodgeroo Gardens Byron Bay | Guesthouse | 83 |
| Treetops Guesthouse | Byron Bay 70 Plantation Drive | Guesthouse | 74 |
| Treetops Studios | 7 Seeana Court | Guesthouse | 74 |
| Wollongbar Motel | 19-21 Shirley Street Byron Bay | Hotel | 73 |
| Arts Factory Lodge | Skinners Shoot Rd | Hostel | 53 |
| Cape Byron Lodge | 78 Bangalow Rd Nsw | Hostel | 72 |
| Nomads Byron Bay | Lawson Lane | Hostel | 78 |
| Greenland Guesthouse | 53 - 59 Broken Head Road NSW | Guesthouse | 43 |
| Evans Head Surf Shack | 3 McDonald Place | Guesthouse | 52 |
| Backpackers Inn- Byron Bay | 29 Shirley Street | Hostel | 71 |
| Cape Byron YHA | Cnr Byron & Middleton Sts Byron Bay | Hostel | 71 |
| Byron Bay YHA | 7 Carlyle Street Byron Bay NSW 2481 | Hostel | 79 |
| Backpackers Holiday Village | 116 Jonson St Byron Bay | Hostel | 81 |
| Aquarius Backpackers Byron Bay | 16 Lawson St | Hostel | 76 |
| Byron Beach Resort | 25 Childe Street Belongli Beach | Hotel | 78 |
Keep Connected
Internet
Phone
See also: International Telephone Calls
Post
Australia Post is the government's postal service. Most reasonably sizable townssuburbs will have at least one post office. A standard letter or postcard sent within Australia will cost $0.55. Internationally, it costs $1.40 to send postcards anywhere in the world. Letters cost $1.45 to send within the Asia Pacific region and $2.10 to anywhere else in the world. [1]. It is also possible to send things as parcels or by express mail.
Newspaper
- Byron Shire Echo - Free Community Newspaper
Radio
- BayFM 99.9 - Award winning Community radio station
References
- 1 Australia Post: (PDF). Sourced 05 Feb 2010
On Travellerspoint
Contributors
joffre (60%)
from Itinerant Traveller
Utrecht (36%)
from http://utrecht.travellerspoint.com
as well as Sam I Am (1%), kforge (1%), Arnaud. (1%)
Help contribute to this article to share the ad revenue.
Byron Bay Travel Helpers
We don't currently have any Travel Helpers for Byron Bay
This is version 78. Last edited at 9:48 on Dec 20, 11 by sleepBot. 7 articles link to this page.
Except where otherwise noted, content of this article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License
