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| A surfer checks out the
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Brunswick Heads
Peaceful and pleasant holiday location on the Brunswick
River estuary.
Located 797 km north of Sydney at the mouth of the Brunswick
River, Brunswick Heads is a charming mixture of quiet
holiday retreat and large commercial fishing fleet. Given
that many of the towns in the immediate area, most notably
Byron Bay, have in recent years attracted large numbers of
holiday makers and alternative life stylers, Brunswick Heads
has remained remarkably immune from the changes in the area.
The town is simple and unassuming. There is an ambience of
peacefulness and an easy sense of holiday making which
pervades this quiet town.
Prior to European settlement the area around Brunswick
Heads was inhabited by the Banjalang Aborigines. In 1828
Captain Rous discovered the Brunswick River which he named
after Queen Caroline of Brunswick who was the wife of King
George IV. Cedar cutters moved into the area in the 1840s
and by the 1850s and 1860s the area was being settled and
timber was being shipped out through the Brunswick River.
The mouth of the river was always dangerous with the bar
being both shallow and narrow.
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| Surfing at Brunswick
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One of the first settlers was a cedar cutter named Steven
King who moved to the Brunswick River area in the late
1840s. Such was the richness of the timber cutting that by
the 1870s there were nearly 100 cedar cutters working in the
hinterland. Around this time a pilot station was established
at the mouth of the river to help the timber barges to
navigate across the bar.
The town's importance diminished dramatically with the
arrival of the Sydney to Brisbane railway line in the late
1880s. The residents had hoped the railway line would pass
through Brunswick Heads. Instead it was routed through
Mullumbimby. Since then the town has continued to develop
slowly. Its major economic activities are tourism and its
fishing fleet.
The town has managed to maintain its integrity in an area
where developers are always eager to turn everything into a
profit making venture. The Brunswick River is a still a
peaceful haven, the local pub retains a simple rustic charm
and there is a sense that the other places on the coast have
been overdeveloped by comparison.
Things to see:
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| Low tide leaves pleasure
craft high and dry in Simpsons Creek
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Holiday Activities
Brunswick Heads is a popular fishing, surfing and swimming
holiday destination. There is an interesting quasi-pirate
ship located in the river near the main beach. Near the
pirate ship both canoes and paddle boats can be hired.
Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve
When you cross the Brunswick River (if coming from the
south) take the first right which leads through the alluvial
sands of Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve. This piece of
sub-tropical rainforest is an interesting combination of
mangroves and rainforest habitat both of which sustain a
rich variety of birdlife.
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