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Byron Bay
Byron Bay is a coastal town famous for its enthusiastic wellness movement and celebrities in the Northern Rivers ‘Rainbow Region’ of New South Wales, just off the M1 Pacific Motorway, approximately 800 km north of Sydney and 175 km south of Brisbane. Cape Byron is the easternmost point on the Australian mainland. Wikivoyage
Population 6,330 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 13 h 46 of daylight
- February: 13 h 05 of daylight
- March: 12 h 18 of daylight
- April: 11 h 26 of daylight
- May: 10 h 43 of daylight
- June: 10 h 20 of daylight
- July: 10 h 28 of daylight
- August: 11 h 04 of daylight
- September: 11 h 53 of daylight
- October: 12 h 44 of daylight
- November: 13 h 32 of daylight
- December: 13 h 57 of daylight
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guideWithin a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Splendour in the Grass Music Festival
July
Alternative to mainstream festival over 2 days each July
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Schoolies
November – December
In late November/early December celebrating school leavers from across Australia. (This may be a time to avoid, if it is not your scene.)
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Byron Bay); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 28 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.