The North Byron Shire Parklands, locally known as Yelgun Flats, is located on Tweed Valley Way/Jones Rd, North Ocean Shores & Wooyung. It is considered a suitable site because of its large land size of 660 acres, it has a minimal number of neighbours and good road access that is adjacent to the Yelgun motorway interchange, 1.5kms from our proposed carpark entrance.

Belongil Fields / North Byron Shire Parklands Site Comparison
In contrast to our current site at Belongil Fields, the North Byron Shire Parklands is far more suitable to host the Splendour in the Grass festival. The current festival venue in Byron is within close proximity to the most densely populated parts of the shire.

North Byron Shire Parklands is in comparison, almost uniquely, positioned to allow optimal sound management. As indicated in the following diagram, the actual “festival grounds” at North Byron Shire Parklands are set well back from populated areas. Furthermore, the sheer size of the site [660 acres] and the presence of an almost completely self contained valley with in the site, allow for optimal onsite containment.

The Wildlife Corridor
Having suffered at the hands of previous owners [as evidenced by numerous Court orders] there is much that can be done to enhance and build upon the natural environment contained within and around the site. The Billinudgel Nature Reserve represents one of the last remaining coastal habitats of significance in the region and the North Byron Shire Parklands site is a key habitat link to the world heritage listed Mount Warning Caldera.  The North Byron Shire Parklands  project offers a real opportunity to substantially improve habitat connectivity in this currently fragmented landscape.  
The importance of this corridor to the biodiversity of the area is potentially enormous. At present habitat patches in the locality are variously fragmented by past clearing and grazing practices. We are currently liaising with both the NPWS and the RTA to facilitate the prerequisite land swaps that will contribute to the construction of a continuously vegetated corridor. We also plan to improve the habitat connectivity within the North Byron Shire Parklands site by strategic plantings which will bridge gaps and effectively link existing forest patches for terrestrial fauna.