Urunga

The town's local museum with various exhibits of what life was like in Bellingen and Urunga during early European settlement.

Urunga's main tourist draw. Originally a series of rickety planks cobbled together up by lighthouse keepers so they could avoid clambering through the mangroves, the boardwalk has been repeatedly upgraded over the years. The current incarnation stretches for almost two kilometers and connects the town to the Pacific coast and Hungry Head Beach, leading through the shallow water areas with a branch leading into the mangrove areas. At high tide the many sandy areas are underwater and in the evening twilight, you can watch rays from the jetty that eat their fill in the shallow water areas. You can also see birds from here, and the play of light at sunset makes the heart of every photo enthusiast beat faster. Free parking and toilets at the start, but no facilities along the way.

A gorgeous, largely untouched beach that stretches south from Urunga. The southern tip is accessible by car and patrolled by lifeguards, while the northern end can be reached on foot via the boardwalk but has no facilities whatsoever.