Why Bangalow?
What 2479 has that nowhere else does. Every fact sourced.
- A hall that became a hospital
The Bangalow A & I Hall was built in 1911 for the show. It later served as a cinema, and as a hospital during the 1919 Spanish flu.Source: Wikipedia
- Named for a hill or palm
The name Bangalow is thought to come from a Bundjalung word meaning "a low hill" or "a kind of palm tree".Source: Wikipedia
- Billycarts race down the main street
Every May since 1994, the Bangalow Billycart Derby has sent homemade billycarts racing down the town's main street.Source: Wikipedia
- Once named after a pirate queen
From at least 1893 the town was briefly called Granuaile, probably after the Irish pirate queen, and it became Bangalow in 1894.Source: Wikipedia
And the whole area: Why Byron?
Everyone knows Byron. Here's what they don't know, every fact sourced.
- Arakwal Country
Byron Bay is on the land of the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung Nation. The traditional name, Cavvanbah, means meeting place.Source: Wikipedia
- First mainland sunrise
Cape Byron is the easternmost point of mainland Australia.Source: Wikipedia
- Julian Rocks
About 2.5 km from town, Julian Rocks is one of the east coast's best dive sites, part of the Cape Byron Marine Park.Source: Wikipedia
- From whaling to whale watching
Byron had a whaling station until 1963. Today the same whales are the town's favourite winter show.Source: Wikipedia
- The lighthouse turns 125
Cape Byron Lighthouse was built in 1901.Source: Wikipedia
- Named after the wrong Byron
Captain Cook named Cape Byron in 1770 after Vice Admiral John Byron. A Sydney clerk later assumed it honoured his grandson, the poet Lord Byron, which is why the streets are named after poets like Keats, Jonson and Shelley.Source: Wikipedia
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