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Byron Bay gets the search traffic, but a lot of what people are actually picturing when they search for it — quiet green hills, forest, creeks, small townships — sits inland, in the Byron Bay hinterland. Burringbar, where Sanctuary Burringbar is based, is part of that hinterland belt, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. What "hinterland" actually means here The hinterland is the elevated, forested country behind the coast — the hills and valleys between Byron Bay and the ra

If there's one reason guests keep coming back to this stretch of the Byron Bay hinterland, it's the trail running right past the gate. The Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail is a 24km path connecting Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek — following the old North Coast railway line through Stokers Siding, Burringbar and Mooball — and Sanctuary Burringbar sits close enough that you can be riding it within minutes of finishing breakfast. What the trail actually offers Open