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Tourist Drive 30

Tourist Drive 30 or Byron Bay Tourist route is a tourist drive in and around Byron Bay. In spite of the alternate name "Byron Bay", parts of it are in Ballina. It is just another one of those north coast New South Wales tourist drives except by the coast and next to some of NSW's best beaches. The drive is operated by Ballina Shire.

UnderstandTourist Drive 30 isn't a drive that many people specifically go to.
PrepareYou won't need anything so special for this trip. Everything on this drive is within 40 minutes' reach from end to end during peak hour.
Get inThere are two ways to enter this drive: one through Ballina (New South Wales) on the south (B60/A1) and the other through Byron Bay in the north (M1/B62/Tourist Drive 24).
Get aroundThere are several modes of travel that are used on Tourist Drive 30.
GoMany visitors will wonder how much there is to see in such a short drive. The answer is: a lot.
Stay safeBe careful of drink spiking - always keep your drink in view and don't accept drinks from strangers.
Go nextGo and explore Tourist Drive 38; another coastal Tourist Drive

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