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Lake Ainsworth Caravan Park provide affordable accommodation in heart of Ballina, we also have camping facilities and cabins to make your stay enjoyable and we are close to the Ballina markets and Ballina Central. |
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The Northern Rivers and Tropical NSW region is a place of amazing physical beauty with six precious World Heritage-listed National Parks. The seaside resort town of Byron Bay is possibly the most famous town of the Northern Rivers and Tropical NSW, as well as Mount Warning being particularly well known. A visit to Byron Bay wouldn't be complete without a walk to the Cape Byron Lighthouse, Australia's most easterly point. Other parts of the region include Tweed Heads, Ballina, Lismore, Casino and Grafton.
Northern Rivers and Tropical NSW region is stunning with the area is nestled into the scenic backdrop of the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence Valleys. It is rimmed by 300 kilometres of magical coastline. Many consider the Northern Rivers and Tropical NSW region an aquatic playground with its enormous winding rivers, crystal lakes, and cascading mountain streams. Among the headlands, sheltered bays and seemingly endless beaches you’ll find colourful resorts where you can move from the shimmering sands to a stylish beachfront café and secluded coves where the rainforest meets the sea.
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| Ballina Manor |
 25 Norton Street, Ballina
Award winning Ballina Manor is a classic late 1920's Edwardian Manor house, meticulously restored, and furnished with exquisite period antiques and fine artworks.
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| Comfort Inn All Seasons |
 301-309 Pacific Highway, Ballina
All Seasons ensures a warm welcome from friendly staff...then a lazy dip, an invigorating spa or perhaps a succulent steak on the barbeque.
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| Bay Beach Motel |
 32 Lawson Street, Byron Bay
The Bay Beach Motel offers 16 quality rooms, and is perfectly positioned in the heart of picturesque Byron Bay.
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| Pacific Palms Motel |
 Corner Orana Road & Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores
This newly refurbished family owned and operated motel adjoins championship Ocean Shores Country Club. Affordable accommodation for couples...
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| Marine Boutique Beachfront Apartments |
 36 Marine Parade, Kingscliff
Marine is a unique coastal holiday destination combining luxurious fully equipped holiday apartments to ensure the ultimate beachside holiday.
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The Cape Byron Lighthouse is Australia's most easterly light being situated on the most easterly point of the mainland. It is also Australia's most powerful Lighthouse.
Construction began in 1899 with the levelling of the site by contractors, Mitchell and King. The total cost was £10,042 to the contractors. £8,000 was for the apparatus and lantern house, and £2,600 for the road from the Byron Bay township. The Lighthouse was built of prefabricated concrete blocks in 1901 in the James Barnet style, by his successor, Charles Harding. James Barnet, the New South Wales colonial architect, was renowned for his towers having large ornate crowns and which are easily distinguished.
The original concentric six wick burner was 145,000 cd and was replaced in 1922 by a vapourised kerosene mantle burner that gave off 500,000 cd. In 1956 the light became Australia's most powerful, at 2,200,00 cd when it was converted to mains electricity. At the same time the clock mechanism was replaced by an electric motor.
Cape Byron was named by Captain Cook after John Byron, the grandfather of the famous poet.
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This 2 210 hectare World Heritage rainforest park is located in far north-eastern NSW and is reached by leaving the Pacific Highway at Murwillumbah and following the Kyogle Road west for 12 km. Turn onto Mount Warning Road and travel 5 km to the Korrumbyn Creek Picnic Area at the park entrance. Follow it another 1.5 km along the road to the Breakfast Creek parking area at the base of the mountain.
Mount Warning remains significant to Aboriginal people, providing a traditional mythology that extends back to the dreamtime. It is called 'Wollumbin,' meaning 'fighting chief of the mountains'. Aboriginal people believed that lightning and thunder observed on the mountain were warring warriors and that landslides were wounds obtained in battle. The mountain was named by Captain Cook to warn future mariners of the offshore reefs he encountered in May 1770.
Reserved for public recreation in 1928, Mount Warning was dedicated as a national park in 1966. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Listings in 1986, along with other NSW rainforest parks, ensures its protection for future generations.
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