Byron Bay

Introduction

The most easternly point in Oz!

© JessMike

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.

Lighthouse and moon

© moutallica

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

Drink

Pubs

• Beach Hotel
• Great Northern Hotel
• Railway Friendly Bar
• The Park Hotel

Clubs

• Cheeky Monkey's
• Cocomangas
• Liquid Bar and Nightclub
• La La Land

Sleep

You can use the form below to search for availability (Travellerspoint receives a commission for bookings made through the form)

Keep Connected

Internet

Internet cafés are very common in the larger Australian cities and popular tourist destinations. However, once you leave the major population centres, you might have trouble finding somewhere to log on. Free wifi is getting more and more common (either with or without a code) in places like restaurants, some bars and coffee places and hotels. Sometimes a fee is required.

Phone

See also: International Telephone Calls

Australia is on a GSM 900/1800 network, so if you have an unlocked phone that works on those frequencies, you will be able to buy a prepaid SIM-card and stick into your phone when you're in Australia. You will receive a new Australian phone number with the SIM-card.

To dial out of Australia use the prefix 0011, followed by the calling code of the country you are trying to reach, followed by the area code of the city/town (without the 0!) and finally the phone number.

Within Australia, it is necessary to add an area code to the phone numbers if you are calling from outside the area. Below are Australia's area codes:

• 02 - New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory (Sydney, Canberra)
• 03 - Victoria & Tasmania (Melbourne, Hobart)
• 07 - Queensland (Brisbane)
• 08 - Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory (Perth, Adelaide, Darwin)

000 is the emergency telephone number in Australia, but the international GSM mobile emergency telephone number 112 also works on mobile phones.

Post

Australia Post is the government's postal service. Most suburbs will have at least one post office. Opening times are mostly from around 8:00 or 9:00am to 5:00pm though larger ones keep longer hours sometimes. A standard letter or postcard sent within Australia will cost $0.60. Internationally, it costs $1.70 to send postcards anywhere in the world. Letters cost $1.85 to send within the Asia Pacific region and $2.60 to anywhere else in the world.^[1]. It is also possible to send things as parcels or by express mail. You can also use use private courier companies like TNT, UPS or DHL as they are competitive and reliable.

Newspaper

• Byron Shire Echo - Free Community Newspaper

Radio

• BayFM 99.9 - Award winning Community radio station

Maps

• Street Map
• Area Map

External Links

• Byron Bay Visitor Centre - Non-Profit

Photos

• Travellerspoint Photos