Explore Broken Head, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Broken Head, NSW map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Broken Head, New South Wales, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of New South Wales or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Broken Head and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Broken Head.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Broken Head |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Byron Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -28.73018 |
| Longitude | 153.59721 |
| Population | 333 |
| Density | 12.7 /km² |
| Area | 26.3 km² |
| Elevation | 19 m |
| Postcode | 2481 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 615 km north-northeast |
Broken Head is a locality in the Byron Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 333. The locality covers an area of 26.3 km², giving a population density of about 12.7 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 19 m above sea level. It lies approximately 615 km north-northeast of Sydney. Broken Head is located at 28.7302°S, 153.5972°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2481. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Broken Head is a place where the Pacific breathes deep against ancient headlands, a rugged beauty etched by wind and wave. It lies 76.1 km south-south-east of Robina, QLD (from Robina, QLD: bearing 165°T), and is situated 12.1 km north-north-east of Ballina. The land here rises in a series of forested hills that plunge towards the sea, their flanks cloaked in a dense green that whispers of monsoon rainforest and coastal scrub. Between these elevated sentinels, pockets of open pasture shimmer under the generous Queensland sun, a patchwork of emerald and gold that stretches towards the distant, hazy blue of the ocean. The air itself carries a salty tang, a constant reminder of the restless water that shapes this edge of the continent, and at dusk, the light softens, bleeding into hues of rose and lavender across the sky, turning the very air to liquid colour.
The history of Broken Head is a story of the sea and the soil, a place where traditional custodians have long understood the rhythms of the land and its bounty. Later, timber getters and farmers carved out a living from its fertile slopes, their efforts evident in the scattered clearings and the enduring character of the landscape. Today, Broken Head draws a different kind of life, a steady hum of tourism centred on its spectacular beaches and the allure of the natural world. The local economy, while still touched by agriculture, is largely sustained by travellers drawn to the raw, untamed beauty of the coastline, seeking solace and adventure in the shadow of its imposing headland.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Broken Head, New South Wales. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Broken Head, in the Byron Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Broken Head includes the postcode (2481), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Byron Shire Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Broken Head is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |