LAST VISITED SEPTEMBER 2016 The Pass from Fisherman's Lookout - The Pass is a popular surfing area about 15 minutes walk east along the beach from town. You can also walk/bicycle via the footpath/boardwalk behind the beach. There is a car park to the left of camera for people who would prefer to drive - accessed from the Lighthouse Road (CLICK TO EXPAND IMAGES).. Byron Bay in far northern coastal NSW is one of the big 3 on the Sydney Cairns travellers’ trail - the others being Fraser Island and Airlie Beach-WhitSunday Islands. Surfers ‘discovered’ Byron in the late 60s - at that stage it was a fishing/meatworks town plus a handful of weekend shacks owned mainly by people from the nearby hinterland town of Lismore. These days it is a trendy holiday place plus a residence for a host of arty poseur types sea-changing from Sydney and Melbourne. But it still attracts surfers, not to mention heaps of backpackers, package and family holiday makers, alternative-lifestylers/neo hippies/fe...