Captain Cook Lookout & Picnic Area
Byron Bay · Activities & Tours
(126 reviews)
The easternmost point of mainland Australia sits just beyond this lookout, and on a clear morning the light here does something the rest of Byron can't replicate. Perched on Lighthouse Rd above the cape, the Captain Cook Lookout gives you the full sweep: ocean on three sides, the lighthouse behind you, humpback whales passing through between June and November. There are picnic tables, which means this is genuinely one of the few spots in Byron where you can eat your own food with a view that would cost you sixty dollars at a restaurant. No entry fee, no queue, no menu. Arrive early to beat the tour buses that start pulling in mid-morning. Sunset draws a crowd too, but the real move is dawn, when the light comes in low off the Pacific and the cape is almost entirely yours.
Opening Hours
- MondayClosed
- TuesdayClosed
- WednesdayClosed
- ThursdayClosed
- FridayClosed
- SaturdayClosed
- Sunday12am – 11:59pm
What People Say
You can get to the lookout taking the Cape Byron circuit walk or from the lighthouse. Nice lookout with scan code for history information. No whales or dolphins sited while we were there.
Started and ended my costal walk here, to the lighthouse. You walk along a few surfing beaches, with big waves and you can see many surfers! I loved the views of the ocean very much.
Very clean area and ample carpark space. A lot of good information on the memorial about Captain Cook. There's memorial walk next to it. View was spectacularly awesome. The sea was even more interesting as we can see that fresh water never mixed with sea water. A number of people doing surfing can be seen from Point Danger lookout. There's a lot of place to sit for picnic area.
Brilliant walk, views and trail. Well worth a visit.
Very good car park to access The Pass beach
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