Alstonville
Hinterland town between Lismore and
Ballina
Located 755 km north of Sydney, 10 km off the Pacific Highway and 19 km from Lismore, Alstonville is a
pleasant little hinterland village which is largely driven by the usual array
of attractions - antique shops, gift shops - surrounded by rolling hills where
avocados and macadamia nuts are grown.
The area
was settled by Europeans in the 1860s when cedar cutters moved into the
hinterland in search of the trees. By 1865 Andrew Freeborn and his brother
Thomas had settled and were farming in the district which was known by the
oxymoronic title of Duck
Creek Mountain.
A later settler, John Perry, named his home after his wife, Annie Alston, and
the name stuck resulting in the emerging township being known as Alstonville.
Not
surprisingly, given the proximity of the booming towns of Lismore
and Ballina, Alstonville
tends to concentrate fairly heavily on tourism with the locals using the larger
centres as their major shopping destinations.
DJR
-----Original Message-----
From:
[ On Behalf Of John Gamblin
Sent: Saturday, 27 March 2004 11:09 AM
To: Glassco;
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Birding
sites
G'day Jay, JAG here Jay,
where is Alstonville? which state?
Ooroo JAG trying his best
to make life a little easier ....
Glassco
<> wrote:
Birders in the Alstonville area.
I will be moving to Alstonville to
live early May., are there any sites near the town that are easy to get to. I
would be grateful for any information.
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