Lismore is a city located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore local government area, it is also a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the state. Lismore is 734 km (456 mi) north of Sydney and 200 km (120 mi) south of Brisbane. It is situated on a low floodplain on the banks of the Wilsons River near the latter's junction with Leycester Creek, both tributaries of the Richmond River which enters the Pacific Ocean at Ballina, 30 km (19 mi) to the east.
Lismore from helicopter, overlooking the Bruxner Highway and Lismore CBD
Lismore, NSW in 1894 - illustration from Sydney Mail May 12 1894 (upper portion)
Lismore, NSW in 1894 - illustration from Sydney Mail May 12 1894 (lower portion)
Fawcett Bridge with Colemans Point behind, newly opened, 1884
Northern Rivers is the most northeasterly region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between 590 and 820 kilometres north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed rivers. It extends from Tweed Heads in the north to the southern extent of the Clarence river catchment which lies between Grafton and Coffs Harbour, and includes the main towns of Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Ballina, Kyogle, Lismore, Casino and Grafton. At its most northern point, the region is 102 kilometres (63 mi) south-southeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane.
View south from Byron Bay, the most easterly point on mainland Australia
Protestors Falls in Nightcap National Park, 2013
Old NSW Bank building in Mullumbimby, 2014
Coastal vegetation at Byron Bay, 2016