Burnt Pine (Norf'k: Ban Pain[1]) is the largest town on Norfolk Island, an Australian external territory located in the Pacific Ocean between New Caledonia and New Zealand.
[4] The impetus for founding the town came in 1942 during the Pacific War, when construction of a military aerodrome began (now the Norfolk Island Airport).
Shops, cafes, offices, service clubs, several tourist resort complexes and a few residential properties line both sides of the street.
Taylors Road merges into Douglas Drive and the Norfolk Island Airport marking the western edge of the town.
The Chamber of Commerce provides an avenue for involvement by business people in lobbying the Territory government for improved facilities and maintenance of public spaces.
Cascade, the secondary landing place, with no buildings other than a pier and weighbridge and the ruins of an old whaling station, is about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) to the north of the town.