HELPING THE OTHERS REALIZE THE ADVANTAGES OF CAPE BYRON

The initial business in Byron was cedar logging from the Australian pink cedar (Toona ciliata). The timber sector may be the origin of the term "shoot" in lots of local names – Possum Shoot, Coopers Shoot and Skinners Shoot – where by the timber-cutters would "shoot" the logs down the hills to get dragged to waiting ships.European settlement in