Why Mullumbimby?
What 2482 has that nowhere else does. Every fact sourced.
- A peak left by a volcano
Mount Chincogan is a small lava plug from the extinct Tweed shield volcano. It is also a sacred women's site for the Bundjalung people.Source: Wikipedia
- An early hydro-electric pioneer
Mullumbimby's scheme was the fourth hydro-electric power station in NSW and only the fifth on mainland Australia. It closed in 1990 and now has state heritage significance.Source: Wikipedia
- The Biggest Little Town in Australia
Mullumbimby promotes itself with the slogan "The Biggest Little Town in Australia".Source: Wikipedia
- Named for a small round hill
Mullumbimby means "small round hill", a name the district was given by Aboriginal people.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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