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Things to See in Alstonville

Alstonville NSW is located in the Northern Rivers Region between Lismore, Byron Bay and Ballina just 6 kms off the Pacific Highway. In Alstonville, you'll find a pleasant and prosperous little hinterland village with an array of attractions - antique shops, gift shops - surrounded by rolling hills where avocados and macadamia nuts are grown.

The area was settled by Europeans in the 1860s when cedar cutters moved into the hinterland in search of the trees. By 1865 Andrew Freeborn and his brother Thomas had settled and were farming in the district which was known by the oxymoronic title of Duck Creek Mountain. A later settler, John Perry, named his home after his wife, Annie Alston, and the name stuck resulting in the emerging township being known as Alstonville.

Not surprisingly, given the proximity of the booming towns of Lismore, Byron Bay and Ballina; Alstonville tends to concentrate fairly heavily on tourism with the locals using the larger centres as shopping and entertainment destinations.

Things to See and Do

Amaze 'n' Place
on Wardell Road in Alstonville. Home of the unique living lattice labyrinth. Fine coffee, teas and cake, try a puzzle or just relax.

Teven Golf Course (6 minutes from Alstonville Settlers Motel)
Par 31, 9 holes, open to the public 7 days.
Eltham Rd, Tevan. ph 02 6687 83866 minutes

Famous Bellowing Bull Restaurant offers both visitors and locals the regions finest local ingredients and offering a choice of the best beef, pork, chicken, lamb, game and seafood - there's something to tantalise every taste.

Summerland House With No Steps
Most Australians know the House With No Steps as a place where physically and intellectually disabled people are given skills which will allow them to enter the workforce. The Summerland House With No Steps project, which started in 1972, offers trainees a range of skills from administration through serving the public to maintaining the nursery and growing, sorting and grading fruit. It is open to the public selling crafts and providing Devonshire teas. It is located on Wardell Road just south of Alstonville.

Christmas All Year Round
On the road between Alstonville and Lismore is the award-winning gift shop, 'Christmas All Year Round'.  They offer a superb collection of local produce including a comprehensive range of macadamia products, excellent local coffee beans and local art and craft work in a large space (it was once an old church). There is also a high quality cafe attached to the gift shop.

Victoria Park Nature Reserve
Located 8 km south of Alstonville, the Victoria Park Nature Reserve (sometimes referred to as the Victoria Park Rainforest Reserve) is a small 17.5-hectare rain forest reserve with an 8 hectare remnant of rain forest which is relatively untouched. There are 68 different tree species in this small area including the famous 'Big Fig'. The area is also home to red-legged pademelons, potoroos, water rats and possums. The tracks are clearly marked and there is also a lookout which provides views across the surrounding countryside. When you depart, think that 100 years ago there was some 75,000 hectares of untouched rain forest in this region.