Byron Bay’s beachfront resort Elements of Byron continues its tenth birthday celebrations with live music and woodfired pizza overlooking the lagoon infinity pool at Fire Pit Fridays. End the working week in style, with free parking and walk-ins welcome. From 5:00pm to 7:30pm weekly.
2016 saw Elements of Byron opened to the public with a festive pool party. Tommy Franklin was MC and the energy was electric. At that time the resort had only one bar and now there are three, including a swim up bar in the adults-only pool.
Resort owners Peggy and Brian Flannery commenced the journey with this property and with the community much earlier however, in 2010. Many years later, following the completion of all construction, the final building footprint covers just 3.8% of the resort’s 20.2 hectares.
The land operates as a habitat sanctuary and tourism product simultaneously. ‘In a way the cocktails fund the conservation,’ outlined Peggy. ‘People come to Byron for nature and healing. So we have dedicated most of the overall property to conservation zonings and we still have a business model that works’. Recent works include feral animal and weed control and further revegetation of degraded areas surrounding the critically endangered coastal rainforest, salt marsh and other wetland environments.
Elements of Byron has collected 35 national and international awards and has hosted more than 335,000 overnight guests with an average stay of three nights. With over 200 staff they are one of the largest non-government employers in Northern NSW.
Peggy and Brian are also behind the not-for-profit Byron Solar Train, the world’s first full-sized fully solar powered train. And in addition to their in-kind contributions, through the Flannery Foundation they have donated in excess of $5.5 million to charities in the Byron region.
‘Brian and I are immensely grateful to our team,’ said Peggy. ‘To all our wonderful staff and our local suppliers who enable us to operate every single day’.
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