Cavvanbah, meaning "meeting place" is Byron Bay's original name, given by the local Arakwal Aboriginal people. Luitenant James Cook called the town Byron Bay after Naval officer John Byron, circumnavigator of the world and grandfather of the poet Lord Byron.
LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEST, THE PASS AND MOUNT WARNING...No.0133
WOLLONGBAR WRECK AT MAIN BEACH.Photo:BB Community Board. Dave Bryant...No.0125
I TOOK THIS PHOTO FROM A LIGHT PLANE...No.0124
THE BOWLING CLUB OPENED IN 1923. NOW HAS 4 CABINS FOR RENT ON ONE SIDE AND A HOUSE FOR RENT ON THE OTHER...No.0123
THIS FRIST RACE WAS IN 1988. A 2.2KM SWIM FROM WATEGO BEACH TO MAIN BEACH, HELD EACH YEAR, UNLESS WEATHER IS VERY BAD AND IN 2020...No.0122.
LOOKING DOWN JONSON STREET ON THE LEFT. THE BEACH HOTEL IS AT THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO...No.0121
THE FIRE BRIGADE WAS ORIGINALLY IN FLETCHER STREET, FACING WEST, OPPOSITE THE OLD COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE CNR OF LAWSON & FLETCHER STREETS. IN THOSE DAYS LAWSON STREET WAS A SANDY LANE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF FLETCHER STREET...No.0120
FIRE STATION EQUIPMENT. THE FIRE STATION IS IN KINGSLEY STREET...No.0119
COUNTRYSIDE. BANGALOW IS TO THE LEFT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH...No.0117
THE PASS...No.0115
KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE...No..0106
THE PASS (PALM VALLEY)...No.0105
BELONGIL CREEK...No.0103
BYRON BAY MAIN BEACH. 2015. IN ONE SPEECH ON THIS DAY WE WERE TOLD THAT IN THEIR PASSED DOWN HISTORY THAT ABORIGINAL PEOPLE USED TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUT TO THE JULIAN ROCKS.
CYCLONE SURF AT CLARK'S BEACH...No.0087
HEADLAND. Photo: Gary Grieve...No.0085
SEAT OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN ON THE WALKING TRACK NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE...No.0084
MEMORIAL GATES...No.0076
MAIN BEACH, LOOKING ACROSS TO THE LIGHTHOUSE...No.0049
HEADLAND...No.0034
THE PASS...No.0045
LITTLE BEACH...No.0098
TRIATHLON, HELD ONCE A YEAR...No,.0095
WELCOME SIGN...No.0021
LIGHTHOUSE...No.0092 FOR MORE LIGHTHOUSE PHOTOS LOOK ON THE LIGHTHOUSE PAGE.
BYRON BAY. NEAR WATEGO BEACH....No.0071
CLARK'S BEACH...No.0022
A DAY AT WATEGO BEACH...No.0025
MAIN ROUNDABOUT..... No.0032
NGUTHUNGULI. CREATER OF THE LAND AND WATER AROUND CAVVANBAH (BYRON BAY) . WHEN HE FINISHED HE WENT TO REST IN THE OCEAN CAVE AT NGUTHUNGULI (JULIAN ROCKS)...No.0017
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EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET A CYCLONE THE SURF WAS BIG AT MAIN BEACH...No.0052
CLARKS BEACH. WHEN I WAS A CHILD I REMEMBER MRS CLARK LIVED IN A HOUSE BEHIND THE SAND HILL AND SOLD SOFT DRINK FROM HER HOME. WE WOULD KNOCK ON HER DOOR TO BUY SOME...No.0047
MAIN BEACH SIGN...No.0070
SUNSET.CLICK FOR MORE SUNSET IMAGES..No.0043
TRIATHLON...No.0096
CUMBEBIN SWAMP. THIS IS SITUATED ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF TOWN, THERE IS A BOARDWALK INTO ONE SECTION OF THE SWAMP, ACCESS IS IN WORDSWORTH STREET...No.0101
LOOKING FROM THE PASS TO WATEGOS...No.0078
LOOKING WEST TO THE MOUNTAINS...No.0014
SURFING THE WRECK...No.0080
MAIN BEACH...No.0089
CLARKS BEACH...No.0016
POLICE STATION...No.0093
THE PASS TRACK...No.0040
BYRON BAY, THE MOST EASTERLY POINT OF AUSTRALIA...No.0066
THE PASS ROCKS...No.0031
JULIAN ROCKS...No.0012
HANG GLIDING...No.0079
BETWEEN THE PASS AND WATEGO BEACH...No.0075
STAIRS TO BEACH... No.0067
THE PASS...No.0024
DRUMMING AT THE BEACH Gabriel Otu....No.60
ABORIGINAL DANCERS...No.0037
BYRON BAY COASTLINE..... No.0009
TALLOW BEACH (originally Six Mile Beach) A ship sank and the Tallow (animal fat) stored in kegs, washed ashore from the ship. Gold miners working at the beach removed the kegs...No.0077
ARAKWAL NATIONAL PARK WALK ...No.0036
WALGUN (CAPE BYRON}. MOST EASTERLY POINT SIGN..... No.0026
CYCLONE SURF...No.0104
MAIN BEACH...No.0055
SEAGULLS AT THE PASS...No.0002
MAIN BEACH 0013
SURF CLUB. MAIN BEACH..... No.0027
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AT THE WRECK...No.0054
BETWEEN THE PASS AND CLARKE'S BEACH...No.0048
MAIN BEACH GROIN...No.0046
SUNSET FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE.SEE MORE ON MY SUNSET PAGE...No.0044
THE PASS...No.0099
TRIATHLON...No.0097
MOST EASTERLY POINT OF AUSTRALIA. WALGUN = CAPE BYRON...No.0005
BYRON BAY FIRE STATION...No.0023
LITTLE WATEGO BEACH...
No.0015
LATE AFTERNOON...No.0003
MAIN BEACH PATH...No.0006
MOUNT WARNING...No.0091
KAYAK CLASS, PRACTICE TO GO IN THE OCEAN...No.0086
THERE USED TO BE A TELEPHONE BOX AT BYRON BAY LIGHTHOUSE...No.0088
SHIP WRECK AT MAIN BEACH... No.0069
THE PASS..... No.0039
CARPET SNAKE AT OUR HOME...No.0094
THE PASS...No.0072
RAE'S ON WATEGO...No.0065
LITTLE BEACH...No.0063
BEACH HOUSE...No.0038
CALM DAY IN THE BAY...No.0059
SURF CLUB FLAG...0073
LIFE SAVING...No.0090
BUNJULUNG SIGN...No.0041
WATEGO BEACH...No.0004
LIGHTHOUSE PATH TO THE MOST EASTERLY POINT..... No.0058
SAND DRAWING...No.0001
TOWN SUNSET...No.0082
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT AT WATEGO BEACH...No.0042
LIGHTHOUSE VIEW.....No.0018
MOUNT WARNING...No.0019
CHERYL WOODLANDS SAID.. JOHN WAS THE FIRST LOCALTO FLY THECAPE, HE WAS TAUGHT BY THE LADS WHO WERE THE FIRST, THEY WERE jOHN OGDEN, WAYNE FISHER AND PHIL MATHIESON. THEY WERE THREE PERFORMERS FROM SEA WORLD AND CAME TO THE BAY ON THEIR DAY OFF. JOHN MET THEM WHILST ON PATROL. JOHN OGDEN DIED IN A HANG GLIDING ACCIDENT IN EUROPE AND WAYNE FISHER DIED TESTING AN ULTRA-LITE AT LISMORE AIRPORT A FEW YEARS AGO....No.0068
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