Lismore - Fast Facts

Lismore (including Clunes, Bentley, Alphadale, Bexhill, Eltham and The Channon)
Major commercial, cultural and educational centre on the far north coast of New South Wales.
Located 776 km north-east of Sydney via Woodburn, Lismore is a prosperous, substantial and quite cosmopolitan city of 43 000 people. These attributes stem largely from the fact that it is the major commercial and administrative city on the state's North Coast, although the city itself is actually located in an attractive rural riverside setting about 30 km inland.

The area around Lismore has become a major base for those wishing to pursue creative endeavours and alternative lifestyles. Thus there is a high concentration of painters, woodworkers, ceramists, filmmakers, musicians, poets, designers and dancers. Consequently, there are many galleries, studios and theatres in the area.

The beauty of the environment has made Lismore a base for those wishing to explore the surrounding area. Hence tourism is an asset to the local economy. The district is one of the country's most closely settled rural areas and one of the principal dairying regions in the state. Other contributions to the local economy are made by pig farming, bacon-curing, the production of bananas, tropical fruit, macadamias and sugar, as well as sawmilling, engineering, steel fabrication, brewing and clothing manufacture. Being located on the Bruxner Highway, it is also a centre for road transport .

Tourist Information

Lismore Visitor & Heritage Centre
Cnr Bruxner Hwy & Molesworth St
Lismore NSW 2480
Telephone: (02) 6622 0122
Facsimile: (02) 6622 1093