A rural service town, pitches itself as the beef capital of Australia.
Casino lies inland from Ballina and Lismore, and well off the main Brisbane to Sydney road routes.
Countrylink [http:/www.countrylink.info] services Casino, with trains between Sydney and Brisbane stopping there twice daily in each direction. It is a major transfer point to coach services to the Northern Rivers and to the Gold Coast.
The daily coach trip to Byron Bay is an option for vegetarians to ''Get out''.