Blogs from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 9

On the road again... ...to Byron Bay. Words cannot describe how much we loved Byron Bay. With its laid back vibe, gorgeous beach and numerous ice cream parlours (fuelling Georgia's addiction) we were in paradise. Despite the extortionate amount we paid for our beds at 'The Holidy Village' (Max sleeping in a storage room for $30 a night...no jokes.) it was worth every single precious penny. The hippy and vintage shops kept Georgia and Sophie entertained for hours whilst at night we made some of our favourite memories in the infamous Cheeky Monkeys and Woody's (Georgia met her future husband here. He was perfect.) One day we ventured out to the peculiar town of Nimbin, famous for the hippy vibe originating from the Nimbin Festival in the 60's. With shops such as 'Happy High Herbs' and ... read more

This blog is slightly behind as we didn't have access to the internet in certain spots/were not willing to pay some of the ridiculous prices in the hostels for wifi. Anyway we arrived in Byron Bay and had pre-booked our hostel, The Arts Factory, great hostel we were stayin gin the wreck room so once we had put our bags down we headed to the communal area to meet up with Elizabeth, the french-canadian girl we had previous met in Rainbow Beach and caught a glimpse of in Airlie Beach. We got baked straight way, picking up off a skinny tall long haired blonde guy nammed 'Princess.....' Later that day we met a french guy named Mathew & a american named Andrew, both lived next to us in the Tallow room, both were absolute stoners, just ... read more

17/11- Having slept reasonably well, only being disturbed a couple of times when the bus stopped and passengers changed seats, i woke as we were driving down the highway, looking across the road and the flat lands of Woolgoolga either side, at 7.10am I saw my first wild kangaroo bounding across verge!! They sure can cover ground quickly! Regretfully, a couple of hours later the bus blew two tyres and we were stranded by the side of the road for 5 hours until another driver came to collect us. My fellow travellers and I chatted to pass the time and walked into the local town for a schooner of cold beer. It turned out that quite a few of us hadn't booked accommodation for the night, we learnt that it was Schoolies Week and the whole ... read more

Scheiss drauf ich machs allein!Im Endefeckt hat mir die Mittfahrgelegeheit dann gesagt, dass sie erst ne Woche Spaeter in Airlie Beach eintreffen wird. Das hat mich richtig sauer gemacht, da ich einfach nicht noch mehr Zeit in diesem pups Dorf verbringen wollte.Kurz nachgedacht und mir dann letztendlich ein Premier-Busticket gekauft. Premier Bus ist im Endefeckt das Gleiche wie Greyhound. Faehrt allerdings nur einmal am Tag ist dafuer aber 100 $ guenstiger.. hihi Schnaepchen! Ich also am Tag drauf, dann in ben Bus eingestiegen.Naechstern Stop Rockhampton.In Rockhampton ist eigentlich so gut wie keine Backpacker Szene. Der Bus hat mich in Rockhampton um 00:15am rausgeworfen und ich hab mir ein Taxi geschnappt und bin auf ins Hostl. Am Tag drauf gings dann zu Fus Stadteinwaehrts. Rockhampton hat ein recht kleines Zentrum allerdings jede Menge schoene Parks. Ich bin ... read more

The day started with breakfast on a balcony. All 4 of us – Maria, myself, Forest, and Henry - packed up and got in their car (yea, they’re loaded) for our hour long road trip to Byron. I learned a lot about Anthony Kiedis since I wore my chili pepper shirt – read “Scar Tissue” and you’ll understand. We got to Byron and immediately went to the beach. We all body surfed in the most vicious waves – captured on GoPro (our waterproof camera). When we were out of the water, the wind was so strong that the sand felt like bullets when it hit us. I drove the car to lunch!! I was so bad at it too haha. We ate lunch at a burger joint – the guy behind the counter sang rap techno ... read more