Byron Bay NSW
Custom Search
Main Beach Byron Bay. Photo Adam Taylor
Main Beach Byron Bay. Photo Adam Taylor
Outside Backpackers. Photo Camille Nuttal
Outside Backpackers. Photo Camille Nuttal
Byron Bay Lighthouse. Photo Hamilton Lund
Byron Bay Lighthouse. Photo Hamilton Lund
Shopping Streetscape. Tourism New South Wales
Shopping Streetscape. Tourism New South Wales
Fantastic Surfing at Byron Bay. Tourism NSW
Fantastic Surfing at Byron Bay. Tourism NSW
Beach view from Lighthouse. Mike Leonard
Beach view from Lighthouse. Mike Leonard
Tallow Beach. Sharyn Cairns. Tourism NSW
Tallow Beach. Sharyn Cairns. Tourism NSW
Tourist Attraction, the Byron Bay Lighthouse
Tourist Attraction, the Byron Bay Lighthouse

Byron Bay Information

Byron Bay is a town with about 6,000 residents and throughout the year the town has major influxes in visitors particularly during school holidays or end of year celebrations.

The town is very popular for tourists in particular surfing. Surfers from all over the world come to Byron Bay to enjoy the perfect pipeline waves. Even if you don’t surf you will definitely enjoy watching the professional surfers.

Fantastic temperature and tropical waters provide the perfect snorkelling and scuba diving activities. Julian Rocks is part of Cape Byron National Park and is one of the best places for the experience.

If you prefer boating experience then whale watching is another popular activity in Byron Bay. Best time for whale watching is June to November.

Adrenalin action sports are very popular at Byron, especially skydiving, hang gliding helicopter flights and ballooning. Seeing Byron Bay from the above is a not to miss experience. Dreamworld is also located at Byron Bay, which has a fantastic rollercoaster.

There are hundreds of activities and things to do. To mention a few you could go Kayaking, golfing, fishing, bowling, sight seeing, Aboriginal culture tours, eco charters, nature walks and even yogalates.

Byron Bay also offers many regular markets such as the farmers market at butler reserve every Thursday, the craft market on the first Sunday of each month and the artesian market every Saturday evenings at Railway.

There are also plenty of events happening all year round. The most popular are the East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival, in Easter, Splendour in the grass along with the Byron Bay film festival and Underwater festival.

Byron Bay NSW information & tourist attractions are brought to you by W2A. Holiday here Byron Bay Accommodation

Pristine White Sand at Main Beach, Byron Bay. Hamilton Lund. Tourism NSW
Pristine White Sand at Main Beach, Byron Bay. Hamilton Lund. Tourism NSW
Beach House on Wategos Beach, Byron Bay. Mike Newling. Tourism NSW
Beach House on Wategos Beach, Byron Bay. Mike Newling. Tourism NSW

French German Italian Japanese Russian Italian Portugese Korean Dutch Spanish Greek Chinese Swedish Norwegian Hindi Arabic Bulgarian Danish Czech Finnish Croation Polish Roman Malaysian Indonesian Vietnamese