Mullumbimby

Mullumbimby is a small town in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales.

Understand

Mullumbimby (aka 'The Big Little Town') is a small town with an alternative community of 8000 people. It is also the administrative center of the Byron Bay area.

Get in

By plane

• Coolangatta Airport (OOL ^IATA) — has domestic flights and international flights from New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan. It often has cheaper flights and cheaper car hire than Ballina.
• Ballina Airport (BNK ^IATA) — there are flights from Sydney and Melbourne.
• Lismore Regional Airport (LSY ^IATA) — there are flights to/from Sydney and Grafton.

Airport transfers

You can book door-to-door services at the airport.

By bus

Regional buses link the town with Byron Bay, Ballina, Casino, Lismore and Tweed Heads.

Get around

By bus

Blanches Bus Company — Mullumbimby - Byron Bay - Suffolk Park - Lennox Head - Ballina - Ballina Airport

See

• 1 Mount Chincogan. Traditional Aboriginal site. (updated May 2024)
• 2 Crystal Castle & Shambhala Gardens, 81 Monet Dr, Montecollum, ☏ +61 2 6684 3111. 10AM–5PM. Large crystals and beautiful gardens. $33.21. (updated May 2024)
• 3 Minyon Falls Lookout (Whian Whian). 7AM–6PM. Lookout over Minyon Falls and rain-forest walks. Free. (updated May 2024)

Do

• 1 Farmer's Market (each Friday), 51 Main Arm Rd (Mullum Showgrounds), ☏ +61 2 66771345. 7AM–11AM. Lively scene, fresh produce, food and entertainment. Free. (updated May 2024)
• Market Day (3rd Saturday of the month)

Buy

• 1 National Supermarket, Station Street. Daily 7:30AM–7PM. (updated May 2024)

Eat

• 1 Empire Cafe Mullumbimby, 20 Burringbar St, ☏ +61 2 6684 2306, empiremullum@gmail.com. Daily 8AM–3PM. (updated May 2024)
• 2 Pink Lotus Mullumbimby, 72a Burringbar St, ☏ +61 2 6684 2131, dao@pinklotusfood.com.au. Mid-range Vietnamese restaurant. (updated May 2024)
• 3 Izakaya Yu, 53 Stuart St., ☏ +61 2 6684 4545. 11.30AM-8.30PM. Japanese restaurant. (updated May 2024)
• 4 Yaman, 1/62 Stuart St., ☏ +61 2 6684 3778. 9AM-8PM. Middle Eastern restaurant. (updated May 2024)

Drink

• 1 The Middle Pub, 46 Burringbar St, ☏ +61 2 6684 3229. 10AM–midnight. Bar, bistro and rooms. (updated May 2024)

Sleep

• 1 The Mullum Motel Mullumbimby, 68 Dalley St, ☏ +61 2 6684 3229. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. (updated May 2024)

Go next

• Byron Bay — Booming beach town
• Brunswick Heads — Sleepy beach town
• Federal — Hinterland village with popular Japanese cafe
• Bangalow — Rural farming town
• Lennox Head — Surfing town
• Ballina — Regional transport hub

Routes via Mullumbimby

Ballina ← Byron Bay ←

S M1 N

→ Murwillumbah → Tweed Heads