Tyagarah Nature Reserve picnic area
Tyagarah Nature Reserve
Overview
Relax at this lovely picnic area next to Tyagarah Nature Reserve. Wander the nearby bush tracks, or head to the beach for swimming, sunbathing or fishing.
- Type
- Picnic areas
- Where
- Tyagarah Nature Reserve in North Coast
- Accessibility
- Hard
- Entry fees
- Park entry fees apply
- What to
bring - Hat, sunscreen, drinking water, snacks
- Please note
- The clothing-optional area within Tyagarah Nature Reserve will close by 30 August 2024. NPWS requested that Byron Shire Council extend the clothing-optional area from 30 June 2024 to 30 August 2024, to allow appropriate notification for the naturist community.
- Beaches in this park are not patrolled, and can sometimes have strong rips and currents.
- There may be limited mobile reception in certain parts of this park.
Located right next to Tyagarah Nature Reserve, this charming, quiet picnic spot, complete with tables, is a great place to chill out and grab a bite, or recline with a long, lazy picnic between swims at the beautiful beach just across the way.
Besides the gorgeous stretch of protected coastline here, there are also some excellent tracks behind the dunes, which are great for bushwalking and birdwatching. Coastal banksia can be found along the tracks and behind the dunes, as well as midgen berry, with its white flowers and purple spotted berries, which are much-loved by the local birds.
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Local alerts
For the latest updates on fires, closures and other alerts in this area, see https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/picnic-areas/tyagarah-nature-reserve-picnic-area/local-alerts
General enquiries
- National Parks Contact Centre
- 7am to 7pm daily
- 1300 072 757 (13000 PARKS) for the cost of a local call within Australia excluding mobiles
- parks.info@environment.nsw.gov.au
Park info
- in Tyagarah Nature Reserve in the North Coast region
Tyagarah Nature Reserve is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.
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Park entry fees:
$8 per vehicle per day. Tap and pay card or phone payments accepted at pay machines. Cash and credit cards accepted at Byron Bay Office.
Buy annual pass.
Visitor info
All the practical information you need to know about the Tyagarah Nature Reserve picnic area.
Getting there and parking
The picnic area is located at the end of Grays Lane.
Road quality
- Sealed roads
Vehicle access
- 2WD vehicles
Weather restrictions
- All weather
Parking
- Parking is available at the end of Grays Lane.
- It can be a busy place on the weekends and public holidays, so parking might be limited.
Best times to visit
There are lots of great things waiting for you in Tyagarah Nature Reserve. Here are some of the highlights.
Spring
Watch from the dunes and beach as humpback whale mums and their new calves pass by on their way home from the Great Barrier Reef to Antarctica.
Summer
The perfect time to enjoy swimming, sunbathing and fishing on the reserve's gorgeous beach, or eating and relaxing in the picnic area.
Weather, temperature and rainfall
Summer temperature
Average
22°C and 27°C
Highest recorded
35.1°C
Winter temperature
Average
12°C and 20°C
Lowest recorded
3.3°C
Rainfall
Wettest month
March
Driest month
September
The area’s highest recorded rainfall in one day
350.4mm
Maps and downloads
Accessibility
Disability access level - hard
Wheelchairs can access this area with some difficulty
Permitted
Fishing
Fishing from a boat, the beach or by the river is a popular activity for many national park visitors. If you’re planning a day out fishing, check out these fishing safety tips.
Prohibited
Pets
Pets and domestic animals (other than certified assistance animals) are not permitted. Find out which regional parks allow dog walking and see the pets in parks policy for more information.
Smoking
NSW national parks are no smoking areas.
Learn more
Tyagarah Nature Reserve picnic area is in Tyagarah Nature Reserve. Here are just some of the reasons why this park is special:
Colourful wildlife
Among the diverse wildlife you may encounter here are Australian bush turkeys wandering the nearby tracks in search of food. Ospreys, brahminy kits and majestic white-bellied sea eagles patrol the coast, sometimes swooping dramatically to snatch food from the sea. Pied oystercatchers, with their distinctive long red beaks, may be seen searching for pippis along the beach. If you're especially lucky, you may even come across a wallaby grazing beside the track that runs from Grays Lane to Brunswick Heads. Threatened species recorded in the reserve include the long-nosed potoroo, wallum froglet, and the Mitchells Rainforest snail.
Generations of Aboriginal history
The reserve falls within the Bundjalung nation and is of importance to the local Arakwal people who have affiliations and connections to the reserve and surrounds. The abundant resources of the reserve have been used by generations of Bundjalung people, who are the original custodians of northern coastal areas of NSW.
Unique, endangered ecology
The reserve protects six endangered ecological communities in the north coast bioregion: coastal saltmarsh; swamp sclerophyll forest; littoral rainforest; lowland rainforest on floodplain; subtropical coastal floodplain forest; and swamp oak floodplain forest. A huge total of 33 threatened plant species are known, or likely to occur, within the reserve such as stinking crypotocarya, red lilly pilly and green-leaved rose walnut.
- Tyagarah Nature Reserve picnic area Relax at this lovely picnic area next to Tyagarah Nature Reserve. Wander the nearby bush tracks, or head to the beach for swimming, sunbathing or fishing.