Welcome to Northern Rivers Hang-Gliding & Paragliding Club

Our principal flying site at Lennox Head is located just south of beautiful Byron Bay in the spectacular Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Lennox and our other sites provide great opportunities to fly the beautiful Byron Hinterland and valleys with cross-country opportunities from Possum Shoot, Montecollum and beyond.

This website will give you an introduction to all the details that you need to prepare to fly here. Please visit the Membership page to Register or Renew your membership. Membership provides access to the Members Only Facebook Group, Telegram Notice Board and Telegram Flying Update discussion group. 

Most of our sites are private property and require new members to be inducted. You will NOT be inducted until you have joined the NRHGPGC so please do it prior to arriving on launch, if there are any issues with service and you are unable to register you will NOT be flying. A full club member must be on-site with any visiting plot. 

IMPORTANT:

All Flying at Lennox Head must cease starting 9th July 2026 until further notice.

ADVISORY NOTICE

Lennox Head Flying Site - Ballina Class D Airspace Changes 

New controlled airspace will come into effect at Ballina Airport from 9 July 2026, with the introduction of Class D controlled airspace extending over the Lennox Head flying site. This change will significantly affect hang gliding and paragliding operations at Lennox Head.

The Northern Rivers Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club (NRHGPGC) has applied to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for exemptions that would allow continued hang gliding and paragliding operations within the new Class D airspace - These applications are currently under assessment.

Until these exemptions have been considered and approved, no hang gliding or paragliding operations are to take place at Lennox Head. Accordingly, the site will be closed to all flying activities from Thursday, 9 July 2026 until further notice. This applies to all pilots, including local, interstate and international visitors.

NRHGPGC, SAFA, CASA and Airservices Australia are continuing to work together to establish an operational framework that will enable the site to reopen safely and legally under the new airspace arrangements. Recent correspondence indicates that CASA is currently assessing the exemption application.

While this process is underway, it is critically important that pilots respect the closure as any flying activity from Lennox Head while the exemption applications are under consideration could jeopardise the approval process and may result in the withdrawal of the applications, placing future access to the site at risk.

Further information will be provided as soon as the exemption process has been finalised and an outcome is known. Pilots are encouraged to monitor club website and Australian National Site Guide for updates.

Northern Rivers Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club

Pilots MUST 'check in' and 'out' of Broadwater and Numulgi. 

Checking in at other sites is encouraged.
The 'check-in links' can be found here and on the Telegram Notice Board. 

UHF Radio carriage is mandatory on all NRHGPGC sites. 
Lennox Head - 19 Tone Squelch 97.4. All other sites - 20 Tone Squelch 97.4. 
To see how to change tone squelch check out the pilot resources page. 
 

Please like our Facebook page, Northern Rivers Hang-Gliding & Paragliding Club and follow us on Instagram @ nrhgpgc.

We look forward to meeting you on the hill.

Please visit the Membership Page for further information on registration.