Spectacular views along the 3.7km Cape Byron coastal walking track. Self-guided hike through rainforest, beach, grassland and cliff tops to the lighthouse on Australia’s most easterly point. Walgun, as Cape Byron is known by its traditional custodians, maintains spiritual, cultural and historical importance for the Bundjalung of Byron Bay (Arakwal) Aboriginal People. The walk’s starting point, The Pass, was an important campsite for the Arakwal People and has one of the largest and oldest pipi middens (shell mound) in far north NSW. The Cape is a migratory corridor for native animals and birds travelling from the north to the south.
Once at the top of the track, climb to the top of the Cape Byron Lighthouse on a guided tour. Take a step back in time and discover the daily duties of the lighthouse keepers and their families who lived in Cape Byron from 1901 to 1989. Bird’s eye view of the surrounding hinterland and marine park from the top. The 22 metre high lighthouse still illuminates the bay of an evening. The coastal walk is one of the best ways to spend a couple of hours on the state’s entire coast. Look out for turtles, dolphins, stingrays and, in season, whales. Can be accessed at numerous points and walked in shorter sections. NPWS offers a free self-guided tour app that brings to life the sights, sounds and stories of our national parks.
Self-guided walks on the Byron coast and hinterland:
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Broken Head Nature Reserve
- Minyon Falls
- Protesters Falls
- Whian Whian State Conservation Area
- Wollumbin National Park – Lyrebird
- Track Wollumbin (Mt Warning) is a place of great spiritual significance to the
- Bundjalung People. Visitors are asked to respect their wishes and choose not to climb the Summit Track.
