What amenities does Butterfly Lane provide?

Butterfly Lane includes a two-hob gas stove, air conditioning, outdoor fire pit, and an outdoor bath looking up at Mount Chincogan. The kitchen is fully stocked with tools to make a great coffee. Towels, soaps, and bedding are provided. Ultra-fast WiFi is available throughout.

Is Butterfly Lane sustainable and eco-friendly?

Yes. Butterfly Lane is completely off-grid. Water is pumped from a naturally occurring aquifer 40 metres beneath Mount Chincogan, electricity is solar generated, the stove is gas, and the toilet is an eco-friendly waterless composting system.

How secluded is Butterfly Lane?

The tiny home is situated on privately-owned land with only partial views of the neighbouring properties, which are also owned by Butterfly Lane. The space has been designed to feel private and secluded.

Can I work remotely from Butterfly Lane?

Yes. Butterfly Lane has ultra-fast WiFi throughout the tiny home, making it well suited for remote work.

Are pets allowed at Butterfly Lane?

Yes, well-behaved pets are welcome. Due to wildlife in the area, dogs must be kept on a leash outdoors and cannot be left unattended inside or outside at any time.

How far is Butterfly Lane from Byron Bay?

Butterfly Lane is 15 minutes north of Byron Bay town centre, 5 minutes from Mullumbimby, 10 minutes to Brunswick Heads and Ocean Shores, and 45 minutes south of Gold Coast Airport.

Is there mobile reception at Butterfly Lane?

Mobile reception is usually quite good, but may be limited at times due to the remote hinterland location. Ultra-fast WiFi is available throughout the property for calls, messaging, and internet access.

Can I book Butterfly Lane directly without using Airbnb?

Yes. Direct bookings are available at butterflylanebyron.com for the best rates. Butterfly Lane is also listed on Airbnb, Riparide and Booking.com.

What is there to do nearby?

Mullumbimby is five minutes down the road — one of the most characterful little towns in the country, with great cafes, a fantastic farmers market, and a genuinely warm local community. Byron Bay, Brunswick Heads and the beaches are all a short drive, and Mount Chincogan is right on your doorstep if you fancy a hike.

What is the outdoor bath like?

It's the thing guests mention most. A deep soaking bath, completely outdoors, looking straight up at Mount Chincogan. Best used after dark with a red wine in hand and the sound of the bush all around you.

Is Butterfly Lane suitable for couples?

It's made for it. The Tiny Home sleeps 2 with a queen bed, and everything about the space — the outdoor bath, the fire pit, the seclusion — is designed for switching off and reconnecting. Butterfly Lane can accommodate children if needed.

A local's guide to Mullumbimby

23 Mar

Written By Joshua Speight

They call it the biggest little town in Australia, and once you've spent a morning there, you'll understand why.

Mullumbimby — Mullum to anyone who's spent time here — sits in the Brunswick Valley at the base of Mount Chincogan, just five minutes down the road from Butterfly Lane. It's been quietly doing its own thing since the 70s, when a wave of alternative lifestyle seekers arrived and never really left. Today the community is artists, farmers, musicians, healers, families — and the kind of people who moved here from cities, spent one weekend, and started googling local real estate. The spirit of the place is genuinely hard to describe and easy to feel - We absolutely love it (you can check out our founding story here).

Everything listed below is also saved on a series of Google Maps saved places (technology, yay!).

Food and Drink - Everything from luxurious cuisine, to modern-chic eateries and proper local pubs: Head to Google Maps
Hiking and Swimming - Enjoy small strolls and big climbs with waterfalls or laze on a gorgeous beaches and splash around in a swimming hole: Head to Google Maps
Local Experiences - An eclectic mix of the hinterlands; There’s bathhouses, spa’s, crystal, gardens, tea ceremonies, yoga studios, markets, theatre and dancing - Head to Google Maps

Here's where we'd send you.

Coffee and breakfast

Baker and Daughter is the one. Technically a bakery, but with solid coffee and an incredible array of freshly baked goods — run by a local family who pour a lot of heart into everything they make. It's a massive favourite with the locals, which tells you everything.
Paseyo is worth knowing too — a popular spot for exceptional vegetarian dishes made with the kind of love and intention you only really find in a place like Mullum.
Heaps Good for a relaxed morning: sambos, wraps, salads, hot bowls, all the drinks. Exactly what it sounds like.
Timbo Mullum if you're after Organic AllPress coffee with locally sourced ingredients and an Asian flair. Good spot to set yourself up before the farmers market.

The farmers market

Every Friday, 7am to 11am, at the Mullumbimby Showground on Main Arm Road - it's been running since 2010 and it's not-for-profit — every dollar goes direct to the farmers and producers. Home-baked sourdough, the local harvest, fresh florals, preserves. Live music under the fig trees. Get there before 9am if you want first pick of anything worth having.

There's also a Community Craft Market on the 3rd Saturday of each month (8am–2pm, Summers Park), and a Flea Market at Byron Community College if you're in the mood for a dig around.

Pubs, breweries and dinner

Wandana Brewing Co. is our local — and the beer that's in the fridge at Butterfly Lane. A small-batch brewery on Manns Road with views of Mount Chincogan at sundown that are genuinely spectacular. Food truck with banging burgers and nachos, regular live music, great vibe. Worth a long afternoon.
Mullumbimby Continental (53 Stuart St) is the best dinner in town — a wine bar and Euro-esque bistro that somehow feels like Melbourne without losing the warmth of a small town. From the team behind some well-regarded Melbourne venues. Amazing food, the best cocktails in town. Book ahead.
Pink Lotus (72A Burringbar St) for Vietnamese — always a good vibe, super fresh and tasty.
Ottilies for wood-fired pizza. Owned by the same family as Baker and Daughter, so you already know the standard.
The Middle Pub (46 Burringbar St) for the full Mullum experience. Check out Balcony Beats on the balcony and stay for Krapaoke on Friday nights — you'll see every man and his dog and it's glorious. $20 meal every night of the week.

If you make it to Brunswick Heads (10 minutes), Hotel Brunswick is a classic venue that's hosted some famous musicians over the years. There's usually a great band on Sunday afternoons in the beer garden.

Wellness and bathing

Kiva Spa (McGougans Lane) is the locals' bathhouse — low-key, laid-back, tucked down a laneway in the middle of town with an Indonesian feel. Hot tubs, saunas, steam rooms, plunge pool. Find it by looking for the bamboo door.
The Banya (35-37 Burringbar St) is a beautifully designed European-style bathhouse right on the main street. Wood-fired sauna, cold plunge, steam room. You can also just stop in for a coffee or a wine, which we appreciate.
Mukti Beauty Rooms (6 Smith St) is a specialised luxury facial treatment spa using Mukti Organics Skincare, a multi-award-winning organic beauty brand that's actually made right here in Mullum. Butterfly Lane guests get a discount — ask us for the code.

There are also yoga studios, pilates, sound healing, tea ceremonies and energy work happening all over town. Keep an eye on the posters around the high street — plenty of it doesn't have a digital presence.

Music, dance and arts

Ecstatic Dance runs on Fridays at St John's Hall in Mullumbimby — if you've never been to one and you're curious, this is as good a place as any to try it.
Balcony Beats at the Middle Pub is old-school beats until sunset on the balcony. A very good way to spend an afternoon.
Brunswick Heads Picture House does cinema, circus, cabaret and comedy. Worth checking what's on when you're here.

Beaches

Brunswick Heads is the local beach pick — beautiful area, and you can swim in the river and Simpsons Creek as well as the ocean. Great for an early morning dip followed by breakfast in town.
New Brighton is a beautiful beach right next to a cute little town. Grab a coffee at the Salty Mangrove after a morning swim.
Wategos in Byron Bay is the secret beach that most tourists walk straight past. Just past the main Byron Bay town. Worth knowing about.
Cabaritia and Norries Head is the whale watching spot — April/May through to October/November. Genuinely special.

Waterfalls and hikes

Killen Falls is a winding dirt track that follows a cascading creek down to a secluded watering hole. One of the best in the area.
Marom Falls is the local secret — a waterfall and large swimming hole that most visitors never find. We'll leave it at that.
Goonengerry Falls for something more of an adventure — 1,194ft of elevation, lookouts, swimming and rainforest.
Protestor Falls in Nightcap National Park for World Heritage rainforest and one of the more spectacular waterfall walks in the region.
Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park is worth the slightly longer drive — a unique waterfall formation by day, and after dark the park is full of glow-worms.

Five minutes from your front door. Don't spend the whole trip at Butterfly Lane. (Actually, that's fine too.)

Butterfly Lane is an off-grid (more on that here) luxury tiny home in Bron Shire, just outside Mullumbimby NSW — five minutes from the town centre, twenty minutes north of Byron Bay. If you want to come and explore Mullum for yourself, Book your stay →

Joshua Speight