Byron Bay: the good and the bad of housing trends
The northern NSW destination has become a symbol, or a microcosm, of post-pandemic population and housing trends – and the surge is not just about global influencers or the uber-wealthy.
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Last Saturday I drove into the hinterland of Byron Bay for an auction.
The property, on Alidenes Road in Wilsons Creek just 15 minutes from the coast, nestles into the rainforest on 1.5 hectares of luxuriant garden surrounding an open-plan home with an elevated panorama across a green vista of field and forest.
Wategos Beach near Byron Bay. The area had strong house price and population growth for at least two decades before the pandemic struck.
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New SMART drumlines off the popular surf spots in the northern New South Wales coast have seen hundreds of sharks tagged and released.
Contractors tagged 14 great whites in a four-day span alone in July last year. SMART is an acronym for Shark-Management-Alert-in-Real-Time. Once a shark is caught by a drumline, catchers are immediately alerted.
They then go by boat to the shark, tag it, and release it 1km away from shore.
The drone footage captured on Tuesday morning shows the two-metre fish cruising up and down the beach
The area between Byron Bay and Evans Head, particularly Ballina and Lennox Head, are known for hosting lots of big sharks