SURROUNDING BYRON BAY
If you want to venture a bit outside of Byron, here are more fun things to do.
The below list was compiled by Tahli Kornhauser for the wedding party! Favorite locations are marked with an asterisk*
TOWNS
BRUNSWICK HEADS + BRUNSWICK RIVER
We love Bruns! It’s a great place to swim and eat.
Brunswick river is a great place to swim. You must, however, check the tide times and swim at high tide only. https://tides.willyweather.com.au/nsw/far-north-coast/brunswick-heads--river-entrance.html
Christmas Beach (Heaven/Harrys Hill) is a great, calm place to swim, particularly with young children.
*Yami — Great Israeli food for lunch. Coffee too
*La Casita – Mexican food & cocktails
*Hotel Brunswick — Pub & Drinks
*Roco Ramen x Sake. Wed-Sat 5pm-10m — New Sake bar by the owners of Fleet
*Honour — Lovely European-style restaurant
*Fleet – Fine dining degustation. Book well in advance https://fleetrestaurant.com.au/
Table View Cafe
Saint Maries – Cheap pizza & nice wine bar
Old Maids – Burgers for lunch & dinner
Bruns bakery
Bernardi's Artisanal Gelato and Cafe
Natural Ice-Cream
Footbridge Cafe
Cadeau Bar and restaurant
Daily Counter
Jones & Co
Fabulous Mrs Fox — store
Resould vintage — store
Brunswick Picture House — Circus, Cabaret & Plays https://brunswickpicturehouse.com/
Brunswick Heads Markets
1st saturday of the month
8.00am – 2.00pm
11 Fawcett Street Brunswick Heads, NSW 2483
BANGALOW
We love Bangalow! It’s a cute hinterland town with lovely shops and food.
*Ciao, Mate! – Super cute for drinks, pizza and pasta. Book ahead because it’s small. Open for Dinner, Wednesday to Monday 5pm til’ late. Lunch on weekends, 12pm - 3pm. Closed Tuesday. https://www.ciaomate.com.au/
*Woods Cafe — Breakfast & Lunch
*Mangosteen — Japanese cafe & restaurant
*You Beauty – Bar with fancy share plates
Butcher, Baker, Bangalow — Breakfast & Lunch
The Italian Diner — Dinner
Our Corner Store — Shop
Island Luxe — Shop
Bisque Traders — Shop
Flower Bar — Shop
The Bangalow Hotel — Pub
The Bowlo
Cute lawn bowls club + drinks
Bangalow Market
4th sunday of every month
9am-3pm
17 Station St, Bangalow NSW 2479
Bangalow Flea Market
8am - 2pm
2nd Saturday of the Month
Bangalow Public School, 45 Byron St, Bangalow
Bangalow Farmers Market
Local farmers market. Great for breakfast & produce.
Open 7am-10am, but best to get there before 9am
Every Saturday
1 Byron St, Bangalow NSW 2479
NEWRYBAR
We love Newrybar! It’s very cute, very small hinterland town with lovely shops and food
Harvest Deli — Great for a coffee and a sandwich
*Harvest Restaurant — Fantastic award-winning food. You must book ahead https://harvest.com.au/
Newrybar merchants
ELTHAM
*The Eltham Hotel — Best pub & around!
TINTENBAR
*One Green Acre. Lovely for food. Book ahead https://www.onegreenacre.com.au/
NASHUA
*Frida’s Field – Quite literally a ‘farm to table’ lunch experience. Must book well in advance https://www.fridasfield.com/
MULLUMBIMBY
Yaman – best Yemanite falafel
*Punch and Daisy – great brunch and drinks
Baker and Daughter – sandwiches, pastry and coffee
The Rock and Roll Coffee Company – food and coffee
The Patch Cafe – food and coffee
Milk and Honey Cafe – food and coffee
Pink Lotus Eatery – food and coffee
Mullumbimby Farmers Market
Local farmers market. Great for breakfast & produce.
Open 7am-10am, but best to get there before 9am
Every Friday
51 Main Arm Rd, Mullumbimby NSW 2482
FEDERAL
Doma Cafe — Cute for a drive to get some Japanese food in a tiny town
COORABELL
The Hut
Gentlemen Ramen – Ramen pop-up at the hall every wednesday and Thursday night
CLUNES
Clunes General store — cute for a drive and a coffee
LENNOX HEADS
Shelter — beachside restaurant
TOURING & ACTIVITIES
GALLERY VISIT
*Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. 2 Mistral Rd, South Murwillumbah NSW 2484 https://gallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/Home
Keith — Breakfast
Bistro Livi — Lunch or dinner
Tweed River House, South Murwillumbah https://www.tweedriverhouse.com.au/
BEACHES
Broken head beach – Brays and Whites beaches
Suffolk park
The Wreck beach
WATERFALLS
Killen Falls, Tintenbar
Minyon Falls – loop walk with a swim
Protestors falls
Goonengerry Falls – great place to watch the sunset
Marom Creek Falls
Whian Whian Falls
Condong Falls
WALKS & HIKES
Cape Byron Lighthouse and walk
Broken Head Nature Reserve + Three Sisters Walking Track
Lennox Head Boardwalk + Pat Morton Lookout
Nightcap National Park waterfalls, walking tracks and glow-worm tunnels — Historic Nightcap Track — Minyon Falls Walking Track, Blue Fig Trail, Tea Tree Lookout, Dirangah Rocks
Victoria Park Nature Reserve + Boardwalk
Pholis Gap
Mt Chincogan
Peates Mountain, starting at Rummery Park Campground
Arakwal National Park – long and short loop
Jerusalem Creek Walk, The Gap Road Esk
Wollumbin Summit Track, Mount Warning
Border Ranges National Park, including the Pinnacle Walk, Border Loop walk, Palm Forest Walk, Bar Mountain Circuit etc.