There are many thriving home-based businesses focused on alternative, holistic, cultural and knowledge industries, with a growing population of artists, writers and filmmakers. Lennox Head and Ballina are to the south. The towns of Bangalow and Nimbin lie inland, less than an hour's drive away. It's a quieter alternative to the heart of Byron, but for most services you will need to make the trip into Byron. The community of Suffolk Park lies a five-minute drive south, along Tallow Beach. The town and surrounding area have a population of about 30,000. It is a major tourist centre, the area having experienced a dramatic increase to 1.7 million+ visitors per year. Cape Byron is the easternmost point on the Australian mainland.īyron Bay is famed worldwide for its surfing beaches, scuba diving, whale watching, rural beauty and laid-back lifestyle. Perhaps infamous for being the rainbow capital of Australia, Byron Bay is a coastal town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, just off the M1 Pacific Motorway, approximately 800 km north of Sydney and 175 km south of Brisbane. Clarkes Beach with Cape Byron in the distance
