sorry, I think I meant Mahwillumbah( sorry for spelling.been so long, the memory fades)
Close Neil, it's actually Murwillumbah.
Yes, Lismore, northern NSW. I lived in or near it from the end of 1954, after I left Sydney where I was born and went to school, until we moved to Lennox Head (40 km away) at the end of 1994.
There's some debate as to whether it was named after Lismore in Ireland, or an island of the same name off the west coast of Scotland. As there were a lot of Scottish settlers here in the early days, some of my ancestors among them, I favour Scotland.
Lismore has grown since 1954, around 50,000 people now, and the major regional town in our area, although Ballina (about 17,000) is only 12 km from us, so we do most of our shopping there. It's a beautiful area, and even though we have been fortunate enough to travel the world, we love coming home here.
Peter.