East Coast Australia - Byron Bay & North Coast New South Wales (PDF Chapter)
This is the Byron Bay & North Coast New South Wales chapter from Lonely Planet’s East Coast Australia guidebook.
Lovely, lazy beach towns and pristine national parks leapfrog each other all the way up this stupendous stretch of coast. Inland, lush farmland and ancient tracts of World Heritage–listed rainforest do the same.
- lay claim to your own stretch of empty beach in the coastal wilderness of Myall Lakes Na-tional Park
- maps
- delve into the ancient World Heritage–listed Gondwana rainforest of Dorrigo National Park
- transport
- discover the rich heritage of coastal Indigenous Australians at Worimi Conservation Lands
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Port Stephens, Myall Lakes National Park, Port Mac-quarie, Crescent Head, Hat Head National Park, South West Rocks, Nambucca Heads, Bellingen, Dorrigo, Coffs Harbour, North of Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Yamba, Angourie, Ballina, Lennox Head, Byron Bay, North Coast Hinterland, Bangalow, Lismore, Nimbin.

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