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Town in New South Wales, Australia
Photo: Maurice van Creij, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Iluka is a small, sleepy beachside coastal village of 1,800 (2021) in the Clarence Valley region of New South Wales' Northern Rivers. The town's nature reserve, the Iluka Nature Reserve, is a , as part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.
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Contains the Iluka Bluff within Iluka, among many other hiking trails and lookouts.
Small local history museum with a range of different local history artifacts.
A as part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. It contains one of the last few remaining littoral forests in the Southern Hemisphere and is a particularly popular spot with birdwatchers.
A 2.6-kilometre-long trail through the centre of the rainforest. The trail is covered in fern trees and vines, and there are plenty of birdwatching opportunities throughout.
Probably the world's southernmost coffee plantation.
Mid-range boathouse specialising in Japanese cuisine.
Local town bakery.
By coach
NSW Trainlink operates 1 daily coach in each direction from Grafton and Ballina, connecting to the Casino/Brisbane XPT (the daytime North Coast service). The timetable is as follows.
By bus
The 386 bus route (timetable) from Maclean operates thrice a day. Make sure to have some cash on hand with you, as some buses may not have EFTPOS terminals.
By ferry
As of October 2026, Clarence River Ferries operates 4 daily shuttle ferries from Yamba to Iluka Jetty (Iluka Wharf) (leaving at 9:30AM, 11AM, 3:15PM and 4:45PM – note the 4:45PM service does not…
The town centre is small enough to be traversed on foot. However, the furthest you can likely go without a car is up to Iluka Bluff via the rainforest trail. Anything beyond that and you'll be significantly pressed.
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