Arakwal National Park

Arakwal National Park is a 199-hectare coastal reserve behind Tallow Beach in Byron Bay, New South Wales, within Byron Shire. Established in 2001, it protects rare wallum heathland and is notable as the first national park in New South Wales created under an Indigenous Land Use Agreement with the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung Nation. The park is known for its wildflowers, threatened wallum froglet, and scenic beachfront setting near Cape Byron.

Visitors can expect a low-key coastal national park behind the dunes of Tallow Beach, dominated by wallum heathland, banksias and paperbarks with sandy walking tracks and beach access points. There are no major buildings or visitor centres inside the park; the setting is natural and relatively undeveloped. Visitors can walk along the beach, explore short heathland tracks, observe wildflowers and birds, swim and surf at Tallow Beach, and enjoy views toward Cape Byron. Interpretation signs explain Aboriginal cultural values and ecology.