Urunga is a long way from being another Byron Bay or even a Yamba, but it might be about to burst free from the sleepy secret zone.
In the shallows of the Urunga sea lido, a six-year-old girl paddles up to her waist, yelping in delight as shoals of near-translucent fish swarm around her ankles.
The revival, completed in 2019, cost more than $500,000. The outcome is an enormous swimming area, hemmed in by a rock sea wall on one side and a boardwalk on the other, for which the term ‘pool’ doesn’t quite do justice. This is a place for mornings, rather than evenings, however. After rising to the chatter of rainbow lorikeets, the boardwalk beckons.
Driving out to Hungry Head and looping back to the town centre offers a few signs that other big changes may be afoot for Urunga. New housing estates are being built on the outskirts, the train station provides easy access for non-drivers and a few businesses are trying something beyond small-town staples., which sells massive tubs of niche Australian honeys. They’re made from hives placed strategically among native trees, such as red ironbarks and leatherwoods.
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