Blogs from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 5

Today I decided to walk along Byron beach and up to the light house and hopefully see some passing whales and dolphins. I had a leisurely start after all the kerfuffle lady night. Some of my new roomies came back and for whatever reason were either putting stuff in the fridge or on the side and were using a torch when they suddenly screamed out as it appears we had some unwanted guests, cockroaches to be precise. Food had been put in the fridge and left on the side and I don't think it occurred to any of us that we would get cockroaches, so a lesson learned there! They left and said they couldn't sleep there and went to reception. They came back later and one stayed and the other two stayed in a different ... read more

Tento víkend jsem strávila v Byron Bay, surfařském městečku vzdáleném 170 km jižně od Brisbane. Oba víkendové dny jsem vstávala v 5, abych štíhlá východ slunce, jinak ale celý víkend spojoval odpočinek, chytání bronzu a "socializace" aneb poznávání nových lidí. V sobotu jsme se vydali k nedalekému majáku, vzali jsme to cestou přes pláž, takže asi 2-3 x delší než podél silnice, ale zato jsme potkali 3 svatby (u první svatby jsem si říkala: oho, to je originální! ;)) a naskytl se nám nádherný výhled na nekončící Pacifik. Páteční i sobotní noc byly plné "clubbing (jít do klubu)", pití alkoholu a další "socializace (socializace je blbost, omlouvám se všem psychologům, ale v angličtině je to socializing". No tak do jednoho klubu mě nepustili bez pasu nebo řidičáku, do dalšího ISIC stačil, ale mít toto odškrtnuto mi ... read more

Just checked my blogs and realised that I didn't post one AFTER my surf lesson! Well dudes, I can tell you that my lesson was amazing and it turns out that, rather surprisingly, I am an excellent surfer!!! It was such a great day and loads of fun, even though it was physically pretty tiring. It started off badly as the instructor didn't show up and so the lady in the surf school had a major freak out - she said it had never happened to her, in 10yrs, and she was literally shaking with panic! Anyway, she offered me a full refund and a free lesson the next day but I was leaving that night so I couldn't take that, so she rang her good friend and asked him to squeeze me into his class ... read more

Lunch was a kale salad, mixed with other greens and superfoods. There was the widest selection of tie-died clothing I had ever come by. I nearly got blown away by incense smells, and I've never seen so many indian feathered dream catchers in one place. On the one side was the beach, on the other hippies. Dreadlocks and tattoos rule here. I could be nowhere else but Byron Bay. It was a three day weekend for both me and my travel companion, Bernadette, so we had selected Byron Bay as the destination of choice. A relaxing and chilled out place on the coast, just south of the border with Queensland. It really is a beautiful spot, and I made the most of the sunshine on our first day, walking the coastal walkway up to the lighthouse ... read more

The bus arrived in Byron Bay early in the morning so we walked the 10 minutes to our hostel, Backpackers Inn. The hostel appealed to me straight away, it had a large social area, hammocks, volley ball net, swimming pool and you were actually allowed to drink your own alcohol (a huge rarity in Australia)! There was also a small path at the back of the garden which led straight to the beach in less than a minute and the beach was really nice. We finally checked into our room and met two Essex girls called Laura and Amy who both seemed like they had decent banter which is a massive bonus when you have to share a room with people all the time. We sorted our stuff out and then all jumped in the pool ... read more