Crystal Castle & Hinterland Meditation Walk
Drive into the Byron hinterland to Crystal Castle — a unique gardens and crystal centre near Mullumbimby — then walk through macadamia orchards and rainforest remnants in the volcanic landscape.
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Crystal Castle Gardens
Crystal Castle is unlike any other attraction in Australia — a garden of giant crystal formations, peace pagodas, and meditation spaces set in subtropical rainforest above the Brunswick Valley.
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World Peace Stupa
The Nipponzan Myohoji World Peace Stupa at Crystal Castle is one of only two in Australia — the white dome rises above the rainforest canopy and is a genuine place of Buddhist pilgrimage and meditation.
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Macadamia Orchard Walk
The Byron hinterland is the original home of the macadamia nut — orchards of the native tree cover the volcanic hillsides, and several farms offer tastings of fresh-roasted nuts and macadamia-derived products.
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Brunswick Heads Estuary
Brunswick Heads is a small fishing village at the mouth of the Brunswick River — the estuary is a productive habitat for mullet, bream, and the pelicans and sea eagles that follow the fish upriver.
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Rainforest Remnant Track
Remnant subtropical rainforest patches on the volcanic hillsides above Mullumbimby are accessible by farm tracks — the giant strangler figs and piccabeen palms in these patches are relicts of the forest that covered the region.
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Brunswick Valley View
A hilltop view across the Brunswick Valley shows the distinctive volcanic landscape of the Byron hinterland — the dome of Mount Warning rises to the northwest, the original central volcano of the ancient Tweed Shield.
Walk this route with audio
Stories play automatically as you reach each stop — no tapping needed.
