Disclaimer
Last updated: 14 Sept 2026. Operator: Farming Domains (ABN 66 786 225 704). This website is an independent, unofficial guide published for general information and trip planning. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representative of NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the NSW Government, Destination NSW, Byron Shire Council, Arakwal Corporation, Cape Byron Marine Park managers, or any commercial operator unless explicitly stated.
Walgun Cape Byron is an NPWS State Conservation Area, not a national park. Adjacent Arakwal National Park and Cape Byron Marine Park are other reserves.
Outdoor recreation involves risk. You are responsible for your decisions, fitness, navigation, weather, swimming judgement, cliff edges, parking rules and compliance with reserve rules. Always verify on official NSW National Parks resources and park alerts. Emergencies: call 000. This website cannot assist with rescue.
Fees, hours, café listings and track status on this site are dated snapshots (site review 14 Sept 2026), not live law. Cottage beach access tracks were on a current NPWS erosion alert when we last checked — confirm live before you travel.
Content is provided “as is” without warranties of accuracy or completeness. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operators of this site are not liable for loss or injury arising from use of the information here. Nothing here limits rights you cannot contract out of under the Australian Consumer Law.
Images & photo credits
Headland photographs of the lighthouse precinct are by Brett Darby Photography(@brettdarby_photography), used with permission (logo watermark bottom-left). Other place photographs (beaches, aerials, walking track) are from Wikimedia Commons under their stated Creative Commons licences. Author, licence and source are listed below and in captions where practical. They are not official NPWS photographs and may not show exact current conditions. Always rely on NSW National Parks and on-site information.
Stay-page card photos are place-context only — they do not depict specific hotels listed on Booking.com.
| Subject (site use) | Author | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Byron Lighthouse at sunset from the headland, Walgun Cape Byron State Conservation Areahero-bdp-lighthouse | Brett Darby Photography | Used with permission | @brettdarby_photography |
| Cape Byron Lighthouse lantern and gallery at sunset above coastal scrubbdp-lantern-sunset | Brett Darby Photography | Used with permission | @brettdarby_photography |
| Signed path and white posts on the Cape Byron lighthouse precinctbdp-precinct-path | Brett Darby Photography | Used with permission | @brettdarby_photography |
| Cape Byron Lighthouse and keepers’ cottage at dusk, lantern litbdp-lighthouse-dusk | Brett Darby Photography | Used with permission | @brettdarby_photography |
| Stairs and ramp up to Cape Byron Lighthouse on a clear daybdp-precinct-stairs | Brett Darby Photography | Used with permission | @brettdarby_photography |
| Cape Byron Lighthouse on the headland, December 2020lighthouse | Maksym Kozlenko | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Cape Byron from the air — most easterly point of the Australian mainlandcape-from-air | Maksym Kozlenko | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Cape Byron walking trail along the clifftop toward the lighthousewalking-track | misaochan2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Walkers on the Cape Byron lighthouse hike, coastal grassland and oceanlighthouse-hike | Shannon McGee | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Wategos Beach below the Cape Byron headland, Byron Bay NSWwategos | Maksym Kozlenko | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Sunset light on Cape Byron headland and oceansunset-cape | LukeDgrover | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Aerial view of Cape Byron Lighthouse, Cape Byron State Conservation Areaaerial-lighthouse | AyanA123 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
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