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Brisbane
Border Murwillumbah 0 km 20
Rangea 0 miles 20
National
Park
NEW SOUTH
1 WALES
1 . Tallows Beach
S  D m
This is one of the many
beaches in the vicinity
Lismore
Ballina of Byron Bay, Australia’s Locator Map
most easterly town.
The area is known for its
relaxed, cosmopolitan
atmosphere. 2 . Woody Bay Beach
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This area is extremely popular
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2 with hikers, campers and
caravaners. Nearby, at Iluka,
Maclean is New South Wales’s largest
3 stretch of coastal rainforest.
4
Yuraygir 3. Yamba
Grafton National Park S   D 7 m
This traditional
19th-century fishing
village has now become
increasingly popular for
its fine beaches. Fishing
5 is still a major activity, for
Coffs Harbour both professional and
amateur anglers.
8. Nambucca Heads
6 S   D 7 m 
7 Sandy beaches stretch for miles
along this region. The town is a
8 Coral Sea popular resort and stopping-off
point for those people travelling
between Sydney and Brisbane.
Macksville
0. Crescent Head
S  D m 
9 This small resort benefits from
a quiet, calm beach safe for
swimming and a surfing beach
behind the headland. Nearby is
Hat Head
National Park an attractive nature reserve. Mount Warning, an extinct
volcano which last erupted 20
0
million years ago, is the first place
on the mainland to catch the
morning sun. A track ascends
1,150 m (3,775 ft) to the summit.
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Wauchop
q. Port Macquarie Key
S   D 7 m Highway
Established as a penal
settlement in 1821, the port Major road
only became successful in Minor road
the 1970s. Its fine climate
makes it a popular resort. River

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