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A bird’s eye view of the coastline between Ballina and Lennox – both suburbs that present buying opportunities than its more expensive neighbour Byron.

‘Byron 20 years ago’: Best towns if you can’t afford Byron Bay

Even locals are relocating along the coast for more affordable living and deeper community ties that the popular locale once had.

  • Carmen Forward

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Vicki McCarty is selling a home built by her parents.

Where you can buy a beach house in NSW under $1.5m, $1m and $750,000

The typical house in Byron Bay now costs more than $2 million, but buyers who look a little further along the coast can spend much less.

  • Carmen Forward
The Big Prawn.

Eclipsed by its hip neighbour, this town has two things Byron doesn’t

Amid the glamorous surrounds of a Bunnings car park, the Big Prawn rises like Kilimanjaro from the plains.

  • David Whitley
Busselton’s famous jetty.

More than just a gateway: 10 Australian airport towns worth visiting

Most people who fly into these destinations immediately head to a higher-profile place nearby. Here’s why you should linger a little longer.

  • David Whitley
GIF: Planes and robot boats map the Northern Rivers to help CSIRO scientists recreate floods of the region.

In the Northern Rivers, planes have been criss-crossing the sky to recreate a disaster

Improbable as it sounds, Jai Vaze is bringing the February 2022 disaster back to life in his Canberra laboratory.

  • Heath Gilmore
Ballina’s property market has cooled.

The NSW sea change towns where house prices fell most

Interest rate rises and a return to CBD offices have taken the heat out of popular towns, although some areas are showing signs of renewed confidence.

  • Tawar Razaghi and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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A file photograph of a red imported fire ant.

Businesses in lockdown as fire ants found further south in NSW

The red ant nest has been eradicated, and the ants are no longer considered a risk to the community living in the immediate area.

  • Sarah McPhee and Amber Schultz
Stanwell Park.

Sea-change dreams: How far does a Sydney budget stretch along the coast?

For about the median house price in Sydney, many buyers in popular regional towns can get closer to the sand.

  • Carmen Forward
A humpback whale was stranded at Lennox Head, it later died. Saturday July 1, 2023.

Whale dies after washing ashore near Ballina

The 30-tonne humpback whale died at a Lennox Head beach after maritime rescuers spent much of the day scrambling to save it.

  • Anthony Segaert
New flood map of Lismore.

Almost 80 per cent of flood victims denied ‘pathway to safety’

Thousands of people in the Northern Rivers will miss out on a $700 million program set up to help them escape the disaster zone or make their homes safer.

  • Catherine Naylor

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