We’re not developers. We’re locals.
Welcome to Brunswick Heads Bayside, where we don’t sell you a dream—we protect the one that’s already here.
We’re not here to rebrand Wallum as a lifestyle. We’re here to preserve Wallum as a lifeline—for Koalas, for Glossies, for frogs you’ve never heard of but should definitely meet.
Bayside Brunswick Heads
Where threatened species, ancient trees and wise community elders aren’t obstacles to progress — they are progress.
You don’t “secure” paradise.
They say: “Bayside Brunswick Heads offers you the opportunity to secure a piece of paradise.”
We say: You don’t “secure” paradise.
You walk gently through it.
You listen to the frogs.
You admire the Scribbly Gums.
You protect it so future generations can hear the Black Glossies above and the Wallum Sedge Frogs below.
What you should know
Endangered species call this place home
Endangered Glossy Black Cockatoos feed, bathe, and roost in Wallum at Bayside Brunswick Heads.
The Vulnerable Wallum Sedge Frog, also known as the Olongburra Frog, calls Wallum its home.
Koalas have been recorded at Wallum for the past 20 years, with a female sighted just last month!
The entire site is mapped as having High Ecological Value (HEV).
Special Scribbly Gums
Some of the Scribbly Gums at Wallum are culturally significant and have hollows that have taken hundreds of years to develop. These hollows are homes for Wallum’s wildlife.
The "scribbles" on a Scribbly Gum are made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth.
After decades of sand mining in the region, Wallum remains one of the few areas with old-growth Scribbly Gums in Byron Shire.
Wildflower Reserve
Wallum’s native wildflowers, including the iconic Christmas Bells (Blandfordia grandiflora), bloom in spectacular fashion during spring & summer, attracting pollinators essential to the ecosystem.
The sandy soils and coffee rock substrate sustain Wallum’s unique wildflower heathland.
The rare Pink Nodding Orchid adds vibrant beauty to Wallum’s wildflower diversity. Seeing one in the wild is a bucket list moment.
Prolific bird life
Bat wait there’s more
You can’t offset extinction
The Wallum heathland provides a critical stopover point for migratory birds traveling along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway including the White-Throated Needletail and the Rainbow Bee-eater.
Over the past ten years, Byron Bird Buddies have identified more than 110 bird species at Wallum Bayside Brunswick Heads.
The White-bellied Sea Eagle and Collared Kingfisher have been spotted hunting along Wallum's waterways.
Glossy Black-Cockatoos are picky eaters, feeding exclusively on She-oak cones from selected trees, some of which are in Wallum Brunswick Heads.
Little Bent-Wing, Large Bent-Wing, Southern Myotis, and Greater Broad-Nosed Bats all roost in Wallum’s trees.
The Grey-Headed Flying Fox feeds on nectar from Wallum Banksias, supporting the ecosystem.
The Common Planigales, a small marsupial and the Swamp Wallaby, a large marsupial, thrive in Wallum's complex habitat.
The offset compensation measures proposed for this development rely on already existing habitat found at Wallum and the planting of saplings to replace the 230 ancient trees marked for destruction.
These trees are essential feed trees for koalas and glossy black cockatoo, the destruction will leave these species hungry and homeless until those saplings re-establish to provide sufficient food and shelter which will take decades.