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 train

CountryLink passenger trains no longer travel on the coastal route, now using the inland route instead. Buses connect the coastal towns from the inland stops.

By bus

Many backpackers catch coaches that ply the Brisbane to Sydney route. The main ones are Greyhound and Premier Motor Service.

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