The Byron Visitor Centre (BVC) is one of the few accredited level 1 visitor centres in Australia that is 100% self funded.
The staff & volunteers at the BVC have all put in 110% to ensure the BVC provides all the information & services visitors to the centre want… except, for the past 7-8 years they’ve [...]
Well, it’s the quietest time of year in Byron Bay - June.
Soon school holidays will start - then Splendour in the Grass & The Byron Bay Writers Festival - then September school holidays - then a couple ’schoolies weeks’ - then Christmas / New Year - then it’s summer - then the Blues Festival - [...]
Today, Google told me it’s the first day of winter in Australia (I had always thought it was 1 June).
Anyway, a few days ago my 8 year old and friend wanted to go down to the beach, I thought to play in the sand - but they wanted to bring their body boards.
I let them, [...]
Last Friday, I took my new(ish) video camera around Byron to get a few video clips for this blog.
When I got back to the office and had a look - it turned out that I pressed ’stop’ when I thought I was recording and pressed ‘record’ when I finished.
As a result I’ve got a few [...]
Late November - Early December
Byron Bay is a popular Schoolie Week destination, less busy & structured than Schoolies on the Gold Coast, but still attracting many thousands of school leavers.
Groups start organising their schoolies week EARLY with inquiries for accommodation starting as early as 18+ months in advance.
There are two main types of accommodation for [...]
I’ve been to the top of Mount Warning a few times - it’s a lot of fun. I’ve taken my two oldest children up, and now that the weather is cooler I’m going to take my 8 year old up.
Mt. Warning is about 60 kms from Byron Bay - about 1:15 hours drive.
The sign at [...]