This small volunteer-run centre takes in sick, injured and orphaned koalas from the surrounding area and does its best to rehabilitate them and release them into koala-friendly pockets of land. It's only open to visitors for tours, during which you can learn about these interesting marsupials then meet them.
Burribi Education Centre
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
The Farm
19.82 MILES
This photogenic, 32-hectare green oasis outside Byron is shared by Three Blue Ducks restaurant, a produce store, the Bread Social bakery, an ice-creamery…
Cape Byron State Conservation Park
23.28 MILES
The Cape Byron State Conservation Park is home to the Cape Byron lighthouse, plenty of stunning lookouts (including from the most eastern point of the…
Cape Byron Lighthouse
23.81 MILES
This 1901 lighthouse is Australia’s most easterly and also its most powerful shipping beacon. Inside there are maritime and nature displays. Take one of…
Belongil Beach
22.13 MILES
Northwest of the town centre, wild Belongil Beach has high dunes and avoids the worst of the crowds. It's clothing-optional in parts. At its eastern end…
Clarkes Beach
23.02 MILES
An eastern, and often unexpectedly serene, extension of busy Main Beach. Byron's most popular surf break is at the Pass, where Clarkes Beach meets the…
Little Watego's Beach
24.01 MILES
Secluded Little Watego’s (inaccessible by car) is a lovely patch of sand directly under rocky Cape Byron. Head here at sunset for an impressive and…
Main Beach
22.61 MILES
Immediately in front of town, lifesaver-patrolled Main Beach is busy from sunrise to sunset with yoga classes, sunbakers, buskers and occasionally fire…
Watego's Beach
23.76 MILES
East of Main Beach, the small crescent of Watego's fringes Byron's most affluent enclave. Dolphin sightings are common here.
Nearby Byron Bay & Northern NSW attractions
1. Lismore Regional Gallery
1.56 MILES
Lismore’s gallery has long been a cultural force in the town and a real centre of creative life in the region. It holds excellent regularly changing…
3. Back Alley Gallery (B.A.G)
1.69 MILES
A couple of Lismore's laneways have been transformed into an impressive open-air gallery of street art by local and international artists. Follow Eggins…
4. Big Prawn
14.28 MILES
Ballina's big prawn was nearly thrown on the BBQ in 2009, but no one had the stomach to dispatch it. After a $400,000 restoration in 2013 by hardware…
5. Djanbung Gardens
15.72 MILES
Nimbin was an innovator of the organic gardening movement and this world-renowned permaculture education centre, created out of a degraded cow pasture…
6. Northern Rivers Community Gallery
16.12 MILES
An excellent regional gallery representing the strong creative community that is an essential part of this region. Housed in the historic former Ballina…
7. Hemp Embassy
16.14 MILES
Part shop, part stronghold for minor political group the Hemp Party, this colourful place raises consciousness about impending marijuana legalisation, and…
8. Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum
16.32 MILES
In the 19th century Ballina was the third-largest port in NSW, and following WWII many ex-navy personnel took jobs in the shipyards here. One of the most…