Blogs from Nightcap National Park, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

The Channon Protestor Falls Market time! This is the big one and I’ve looked forward to it since before I came! So many stalls with so much cool stuff and so many gorgeous people and so much grooving to the drumming! I put it out there for an invitation, and it came. Connected with J, I love spontaneity - how can I ever go back to four walls and a specific timetable? Beyond the darkness, we walked to the top of Protestor Falls, stopping to admire the communities of glow worms, bugs and funghi here and there - amazing creatures. These parts are apparently inhabited by an endangered species of froggus cutus. Tourists spreading their sunscreen and chemicals in the water hasn’t helped the situation and signs are now erected to strongly discourage swimming in ... read more

After spending a few days in Nimbin i had a crazy idea that i could hike all the way back to Byron Bay. Armed with a novelty map and a few days rashions i headed off solo into the mountains in the hope that i will find the ocean. I was so wrong! It didnt seem that long a way perhaps only about 50 km however i didnt expect that the majority of it would be uphill and steep aswell. After meeting a crazy man who told me the whole track had been closed off and that there were evil bunyips up there ( see Australian folklore ) I was determined to press on. Anyhow after the first day i was already completly exhausted and decided to camp anywhere i could find. It was next ... read more