Lennox Head, New South Wales

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Lennox Head is a seaside village on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the stretch of coast between Byron Bay and and Ballina in Ballina Shire Council.

The village has grown considerably in recent years and remains ever popular with beach-goers, sea-changers, and holiday-makers. Lennox (as it is frequently called) was once separated from Ballina by some distance, the northern encroach of Ballina and the southern advancement of Lennox Head have meant that little now separates them.

For the sight-seer, Pat Morton lookout (at the headland) offers spectacular views of the village and of Seven Mile Beach extending up towards Broken Head.

The headland, also known as Lennox Point, is popular with surfers, who come for the famous righthand break. Hang-gliders too are drawn to the headland to launch off its 65m cliff.

The town is well known for its pub (considered a local icon), and caravan park. As well as Lake Ainsworth, a freshwater lake that has distinctive tannin-stained waters from the surrounding tea trees and is in stunning contrast with the white sands of Seven Mile Beach.

Also located in the village (Gibbon St) is a Bora ring of some significance to the local Bundjalung Tribe.

Shannon Holliday, one of the local town residents stated that "This town is a great little part of the world, the only thing missing is a skate park for the local kids".

[edit] Geology

The headland was formed about 20 million years ago in the Cenozoic Era as part of one of the lava flows from the Tweed Volcano, a Shield Volcano, centred on what is now Mt Warning. The basaltic lava spread south and east from the volcano in a succession of flows which covered to varying depths an older landform uplifted from the ocean bed in the Mesozoic Era.