http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Byron Bay en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:14:15 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:14:15 BST Today we drove from Ballina to Main Beach via the Tourist Drive which took us through Lennox Head and Byron Bay. A very scenic road. The lookout at Lennox Head provided us with a magnificent view of the coastline.We were about 1 block away from the Main Beach Caravan Park when the power steering went on the car. Luckily Steve could control the van for the last 10 minutes of the trip and get us http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-333830.html October 8 2008We are having a tough time planning our routes. Itrsquos not trying to figure out where to go itrsquos trying to decide where NOT to go. Therersquos just not enough time to do all we would like. Today our choices included beautiful beaches fun little beach towns lush rolling farmland with avocado macadamia nut and banana plantations and sugar cane fields rainforest pre http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-332375.html Die Welt ist kleinBei meinem 3tgigen Surfkurs hab ich 2deutsche kennengelernt von denen mir einer seltsam bekannt vorkam...Als wir ins Gesprch gekommen sind stellte sich raus dass der Typ in dem Supermarkt in Bellingen eingekauft hat in dem ich gearbeitet hab Echt unglaublich...Die Frau bei der ich fr eine Woche wohne wohnt direkt am Strand dementsprechend verbringe ich da recht viel http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-328930.html Day 48Investigate this little hippy village and find that it has lots cool shops cafe's and a gorgeous beach. Very laid back hippy town. Its kinda like thailand meets spain in australia Our hostel Backpackers Inn has direct beach access and the beach is one of the prettiest yet. To our right is Cape Byron Lighthouse the most easternly point of Australia mainland. Found a woolworths whic is li http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-327345.html Not a lot to write as we are still doing much of the same thing up in Byron Bay. Waves havenrsquot been great the last week and the wind has been pretty strong so not much has been happening on that front. The photos pretty much sum up our last week. We went up to the Gold Coast for a day to check out a few things and so Brett could have a skate at a few new spots up that way and a trip to I http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-325111.html We've been in Australia for well over a week now and we're really enjoying it here especially as the weather is so good and it's only early Spring Today it's been mid20s again clear blue sky a bit of wind but we are on the coast after all. Doesn't make sunbathing particularly pleasant though with all the sand swirling around. So we're on the beachcoast at Byron Bay not far from Brisbane http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-323739.html Hey guys and girliesWell as ever its been eventful and a bit sad the last week when the trip came to an end boo hoo we left Byron Bay headed to Port Maquarie for our final nights camping and celebratedcomiserated with a barbeque and lots and lots of goon and drinking games I must admit it was kinda nice knowing i wont be sleeping in a tent again any time soon after 69 days but it was also q http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-322933.html Hello from Australia hi guys firstly apologies for not keeping the blog as up to date as it could be. I'm having an amazing time in Australia at the moment. Layla and I got on the Oz experience at 630am from Sydney and have been heading up the East coast. I have had a couple of surf lessons and am proud to announce that I can now stand up on the board go me Although I was given an extr http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-322553.html We had a blast on Fraser Island. We signed up for a selfdrive tour through our hostel and they set you up with others doing the same thing and basically they give you a car map and camping equipment and send you off. We had heard that the enjoyment of the trip was highly dependent on whether you got along with your group or not makes sense so we were a bit worried about who we would get se http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-322324.html Well we have accomplished our goal of the last week relaxing It was hard we knowhellipbut we managed to do it. We did manage to fit it in between a few surf sessions some bike rides up to the lighthouse walks on the beach so there was some activity happening in between a pit stop at the Beach Hotel for an afternoon happy hour. The weather for the most part has been great. We did have 2 d http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-320267.html Hey guys and girlieswell first of all you can all stop panicking now coz i am still alive ha ha i know its been forever since i've updated my blog but I really haven't had a chance we are constantly on the move and the free days that we've had have been filled with lots of fun filled adventures There really is just far too much for me to write about coz i've done so much since leaving Darwin http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-319181.html ...so we moved on to Byron Bay. We love it here one of our favourites so far. The town itself is really lively errr.. yet chilled. The campsite is good with nice people. There's one particular couple from Ramsbottom who are a little errm... too much. Please note Emily this is not a dig at people in general from Ramsbottom. Just this woman who can't stop talking. Anyway we ended up walki http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-315277.html Byron Bay What to say. Beach booze and Australians. What a mix. When we arrived into Byron Bay we drove straight to the beach and parked up Hellboy. Walking around was like walking around any other Australian town we had been to We found an Information centre and its helpful staff and then went looking for a place to stay the night. After driving to the place recommended by the information cent http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-315186.html Hey everybodyThanks for all the msg SO surf camp I went on the internet nice dinner bbq but with veggie stuff so cool talked with the people from UK mainly and scotland and mauritius We played some games with all the people of surf camp around the fire it was a chill evening It was ok but after 23 hours and some beers I was tired and I don t enjoy that much anymore late drinking http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-314087.html Our next stop was Byron Bay mecca to the backpacker world a very spiritual place full of new age travelers old and young hippies surfers and lots of backpackers. The Aboriginal Australians were first to feel the pull of the area apparently they told stories of an enlightening place with healing powers and spirituality. It is also home to the most easterly point on Australian mainland.When we http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-311654.html So we arrived at Noosa and checked into the YHA which was located really close to the beach and all the designer shops fun times window shopping Noosa was a really nice place but there wasn't a whole lot to do there and eating or drinking out was really expensive so we just had a few days of chilling on the beach We then moved to a different hostel over the other side of town and spent an http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-309299.html So we left the campsite the next morning after realising that the motor home rental company had no intention of fixing our lights on a Sunday and it was Motherrsquos Day for them and itrsquos any excuse to hit the beers early. So we accepted that we would stop at a repair shop in Ballina the next morning. In the meantime the sun was shining and we could still get light if we had hook up so http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-308877.html Hi everyone Im sorry I havnt been in contact or updated you for a whileBasically came to Oz nearly 2 weeks ago now give or take 4 days lol...I have been living it up in Sydney which was soooo different from what travelling I was used to in Thailand becvause it was a mojor city it asnt as chilled or easy just to find a place to relax and there was so much to do that had to be done whilst we w http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-308086.html My next few days in Byron Bay passed quite uneventfully mainly due to the constant torrential rain which pretty much stopped us from venturing out of doors for anything but neccessary trips You would step outside and be drenched within 30 seconds even an umbrella helped very little because it was that annoying sideways rain that gets you no matter what We spent a lot of time in our dorm room http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-306165.html After Oz waved me off at 7 in the morning in Queenstown I hopped onto a coach heading for Christchurch which would take me to the airport and into Australia. The coach took about 11 hours and kept stopping constantly. By the time I got to my dorm in Christchurch I couldnrsquot sleep and ended up staying up all night to catch my flight. Luckily for me I was entertained as an ageing rock st http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-303773.html There cannot be many moments in a personrsquos life when you can say you have had a perfectly wonderful time and that everything about it could not have been better well I had one of those moments this weekendhellip..Unbe known to me plans had been afoot for weeks to celebrate my 50th birthday in style well Kevin and the boys certainly made sure of that.The celebrations started the Saturday http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-303547.html On Sunday after our very large meal at the hard rock cafe we weren't really feeling up to anything exciting so spent the rest of the bay wandering round town and lazing on the beach. That evening we decided to do the sensible thing and stayed in rented a film from reception and watched it in the movie bus an old schoolbus type thing parked in the middle of the hostel and tripped out with pink l http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-303501.html G'Day MateArrived in New Zealand yesterday and met another roomie at the airport Nate Wucherpfennig so now there are 3 of us on the trip. Our time in Australia was great as we were able to have 4 great days of surfing and finally drink some water from a tap. The major accomplishment dealt with getting to Australia. We left from Kilimanjaro Tanzania on a flight at 700am on Monday morning an http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-303033.html We have spent the past week in Byron Bay staying at the Byron at Byron resort and spa. It was every bit as nice as it soundsThe coach trip down was great. We travelled with Country link who are like our National Express so it was air conditioned thankfully We had to change coaches at a town called Casino. We had an hour to kill so had a look around. It was a funny little place a bit sruff http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-300449.html this afternoon we arrived at Byron bay interstingly the most eastern point of eastern Australia and we are HUGELY excited to be here But before i get ahead of myself our time has been JAM PACKED over the last few days on wednesday we went for a trip to the blue mountains which unfortunately due to the time of year weren't very blue and had a GREAT day we started off by going 'roo spotti http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-295533.html Where better to celebrate the 4th of July than in Hippie Land AKA Byron Bay Byron Bay is definitely the hippie capital of the eastern coast at least. This is a town which is much different to most of the other towns that we have experienced along the coast to date. It's a place where you will find alternative lifestyles and gourmet produce not to mention a melting pot of hippies surfers ac http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-294731.html Hello everyoneAfter I left the Internet cafe in Byron I headed back to the beach where I met John and Cam and there we saw a really stunning sunset while sitting on the beach. We then cooked some dinner and went and saw Spiderman 3 which included a lot of heckling from a large group of kids which did get really annoying but I think I would be more annoyed if the film had been better than it wa http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-294720.html Byron Bay So Chilled Out Wow Byron Bay what a place Im writing this in retrospect as I have got a bit behind with the blog We spent a week in Byron Bay and to be honest it was one of the most chilled out weeks of my life so there is not much to write about For the first couple of days it rained hard and nonstop We just hung around the hostel or local pubs and shops for those two day http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-289826.html right ey next stop Byron Bay. It's supposed to be a very nice town with great beaches but I couldn't experience that. 4 days of rain that sucked. Not much to do in Byron when it's raining. Staying in the hostel most of the time the best experience was the life of English backpackers. Starting to get dressed at 3 in the afternoon to go out at 10 in the night. I really don't know where they put al http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-287985.html Wellwe've spent the last twoo weeks travellingup the coast with our first stop for 5 days at Crowdy Bay which was awesome and the weather was really beautiful... had a few days fishing and driving along the beach and went for an awesome bushwalk down fisherman's trail to this beautiful little inlet. Deanos and I heading from here to hat head national park which is an awesome dune system with http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-285976.html