Byron Visitor Centre

The BVC operates out of the historic 19th-century Stationmaster’s Cottage in the centre of Byron Bay, is open seven days a week and services around 200,000 walk-in visitors a year, in addition to hundreds of telephone and email enquiries. If you would like to speak to someone at the visitor centre please call us on (02) 6680 8558 within Australia and 61 2 6680 8558 for international callers.

 

In addition to general information about Byron Bay and the surrounding area, the BVC offers:

  • Free fold-out map of Byron Bay, Suffolk Park, Bangalow, Brunswick Heads and Ocean Shores
  • Free fold-out maps of other coastal NSW towns

Free brochures of local businesses, including:

  • accommodation
  • tours and activities
  • transport
  • restaurants
  • health and beauty
  • retail


Free tour and activity booking service, including:

  • Air activities: gliding, hot-air ballooning, joy flights, helicopter rides, hang-gliding, skydiving
  • Water activities: surfing, whale watching, sea kayaking, river kayaking, sailing, fishing
  • Land activities: horse riding, motorcycle tours, Nimbin tours, rainforest walks, bush walking, sunrise tours at Cape Byron, lighthouse tours, Mt Warning tours

We have new activities all the time, so come and check out the range of our fully insured and licensed operators:

  • Gift vouchers for tours and activities, valid for one year at the current cost of the tour.
  • Free transport booking service, including Greyhound and local tour buses to Nimbin, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, as well as airport shuttles to Byron Bay, Ballina, Coolangatta (Gold Coast) and Brisbane.
  • Maps and touring guides of the local area, New South Wales and further afield.
  • Information about Cape Byron, the regional national parks and the Cape Byron marine park.
  • Caravan and camping guides.
  • Local produce such as lemon myrtle soap, Byron Bay coffee, ironbark honey and wonderful organic muesli.
  • Gifts and souvenirs to take home, including badges, T-shirts, fridge magnets, books, DVDs, hatpins and kids’ stuff.
  • Postcards, greeting cards and prints designed and painted by local artists.
  • Information about festivals and events such as The Taste of Byron, the Byron Bay Writers Festival, The East Coast Blues and Roots Festival (BluesFest), the Nimbin Mardi Grass, Splendour in the Grass and New Year’s Eve.