Byron Bay

Well Byron Bay wasn't too far for us to go and so I dont have any long winded stories or nothing adventurous to report about that trip. We got there and checked into one of the hostels from Lonely Planet's advice. We were in a room with 6 other people so it was a fairly crowded dorm. We were only going to be there for two nights so it wasn't too bad.

We had a look around and the place was seriously laid back. Fast food restaurants were not allowed so the only easy place to eat was Subway who must have met the criteria as their food was always fresh.

There was a lot of strange hippy looking people all around us, and in one of the fields there, there was a huge group of them standing in a circle holding hands singing some strange hippy songs. It was a little too weird for us I have to say. After they were finished doing that, they all went and had a meal together in the church grounds.

The beach there was nice but we weren't really in a beach mood so we didnt spend much time on it there. There was only one bar we could find and it was called Tin Billy's. It was aimed at Backpackers and had all sorts of cheap drinks specials. We had a fairly quiet night in there the first night but of course ran into a few people we had met previously on our travels.

Roisin (from our room in Cairns) managed to get a hold of us there and as we were heading to Sydney to watch the Ryder Cup and she was a huge golf fan, she managed to hitch a ride from us.

Our last night in Byron was pretty good, Roisin and her friend came out with us and we all got fairly drunk but we still had an early enough night as we were heading off in the morning.