Uki  Location

Uki (pronounced “you-kye”) is located in the far north eastern corner of NSW and is approximately

•  4 km from the turnoff to the World Heritage-listed rainforest of Wollumbin Mt Warning National Park

• 12 minutes from Murwillumbah

• 30 minutes from Mullumbimby, Nimbin and the surfing beaches of Cabarita (Bogangar) and Kingscliff

• 40 minutes from the Gold Coast International Airport (Coolangatta)

• 45 minutes from Byron Bay, Bangalow and Currumbin

•  2 hours from Brisbane

Uki Village

The Uki Guesthouse occupies a prime position overlooking Uki Village and the historic Butter Factory.  Village amenities include a pharmacy, dentist, hairdresser, bakery, small supermarket, laundromat and a country pub - all within close walking distance. 

Adjacent to the Guesthouse is the licenced Uki Café, open 7 days a week.

The Buttery Bazaar is held on the third Sunday of every month, and although there are a variety of items for sale, the event is primarily an outlet for our local artisans.  

Glo Dances (aimed at the 30 - 60 yr age bracket) are held on the third Friday of every month at the Uki Hall.  Tickets are $15.

Wollumbin Mount Warning

Uki is situated on the banks of the upper Tweed River and nestled at the foot of Mt Warning —the central basalt plug of one of the most extensive shield volcanos the world has ever seen.  Today Mt Warning stands at 1157 metres, and is the highest, most easterly point in Australia, making it the first place of the Australian mainland to be touched by the rising sun at Autumn and Spring Equinox.

When it last erupted 23 million years ago, the Tweed Volcano was almost 2 km higher than it currently stands and covered a massive 7000 sq km.  The erosion caldera formed since the last eruption is easily visible on satellite pictures and Google Earth as the rim of the Tweed Valley — the largest erosion caldera in the southern hemisphere.

It is not surprising that such a dominant geological feature (given the name “Mt Warning” by Captain Cook in 1770 to caution future mariners of dangerous offshore reefs) was, and remains, spiritually and culturally significant to the local indigenous Australians, the Bundjalung people.

Called `Wollumbin' meaning “cloud catcher”, “cloud warrior" or “fighting chief of the mountains", the traditional mythology of the Bundjalung people explains the frequent lightning and thunder observed on the mountain as manifestations of battling warriors, and the landslides of the steep caldera escarpment as combat wounds.

Mount Warning was dedicated as a National Park in 1966 and included in the UNESCO World Heritage Listings in 1986.

ABOVE: Satellite Image, Tweed Volcano
Geoscience Australia