Blogs from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 10

In the morning (10/20/12) we made breakfast and ate it on the balcony overlooking the city! Then we headed off to Byron Bay in NSW, which is about an hour south of Surfer’s. Forrest and Henry rented a car for their semester here and it was sooo nice to get a break from public transportation!! When we got there they let us drive on some side roads to try it out Aussie-style!!! It was really weird to be on the left side of the road and I had no idea how close I was to the sidewalks and people. I just made sure that I was hugging the yellow line to my right and knew that the other side of the car would be fine. Everything was backward too, which made it really confusing. The stick ... read more

Woke up after a better nights sleep thanks to our bargain pillows and the cooler temperatures. Kayley got chased around the van by some ducks! We left the camp site and drove down the pacific highway, following our trusty satnav, 'ken'. On the way to Byron bay, in Coffs Harbour, we stopped to see the 'Big Banana'. Its a banana plantation with a few small rides. We walked up to the top to see a nice view over the town. We arrived in Byron bay around 3:30pm and found a campsite called Byron bay tourist village. We cooked some lunch and then drove into the town. We drove to the lighthouse and had a walk around. We walked to the most easterly point of mainland Australia. We then went back to the camp site to chill ... read more

We had a great introduction to Byron Bay, a hippie town near the border of New South Wales and Queensland. It was another beautiful, blue sky day and our driver who collected us from the bus stop kindly drove us around town and to the beach before taking us to our home for the next two nights. We debated getting our heads down as we hadn't really slept the previous night on the coach but decided on a shower to fully revive us instead. Our dorm seemed ok, we were on one bunk of four in a fairly big room, but it smelt of boys and alcohol! We set out and walked through the bush straight onto the beach, although the sand was cold between our toes it was lush and thick and golden. Definitely one ... read more

Geo: -28.6434, 153.6125:30 ALARM!!! ;) A long way to go. At 7AM i left Sydney Central Station with another Greyhound. The buses are more than half empty. So at least there is enough space for everyone. The day progressed rather uneventful as we drove through endless bushlands from beach town to beach town picking up or dropping off travelers. Oh, and i saw my first wild and alive Kangaroo :) After 830 KM or 520 Miles we finally reached Byron Bay at 9PM. Checking in at the Main Backpackers Hostel and opened my well-deserved Australian beer ;)5:30 Weckruf!!! ;) Eine lange Fahrt heute. Um 7 Uhr fuhr mein Greyhound Bus ab vom Hauptbahnhof in Sydney. Die Reisebusse sind immer nur halbvoll. Aber so hat jeder zumindest genug Platz fuer sich. Der Tag verlief eher ereignislos als ... read more

With the rain continuing to fall all night (apparently 50mm in total) we were less than enthusiastic for going on the sea kayaking tour we'd booked the day before, so Will went and cancelled it first thing. After repacking our bags and checking out we made a hearty breakfast of porridge before catching the shuttle bus to town with the popcorn we'd pre-made to snack on at the movies. Before heading to the cinema Will bought a cap. Our choice of film to fill the gloomy afternoon was Sacha Barren Cohen's Dictator. Although the film was quiet short it's inappropriate humour made us laugh. As we came out of the cinema we were created by a transformation in weather and blue sky's. On the way back to the beach Will bought a T-shirt and Shushing roll ... read more