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Published: March 18th 2010
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Australia's Most Eastern Point
This is as far east as you can get on the mainland. Amazing to think there's nothing but a few small islands for the next 5,000 miles. I got to Byron Bay about 4:30pm and called the hostel for them to come and pick me up from the bus stop. Now, most hostels have a van that has the name of the hostel on it. Not this one! This in-descript silver van with a for sale sign pulled up to the curb and some guy got out and started looking for someone…me. Anyway it was kind of strange. So off we go to the hostel with some of the other hostel guests in tow. The check-in process was really strange too. I gave them a credit card number over the phone but I couldn’t pay with the card once I got there. Um..OK. Then they didn’t give me a key for the room or anything. Strange. But they did have free wireless internet!!
So I dumped my things in my room and hoped on the computer and did some important things before watching 3 episodes of Lost. I’m helpless. Anyway, I am caught up on Lost for the moment and finished the last episode in time to do some socializing with a few of the other backpackers before going to Cheeky Monkeys where it was Ladies
Byron Bay Lighthouse
The famous Byron Bay Lighthouse, near the most eastern point (not seen in this picture). Night. I met some cool British people, and one annoying guy from California. He was like nails on a chalkboard. And he was actually from Michigan, just living in CA for a while. I don’t care…he was so irritating. I can’t even say for sure what it was except everything. He just acted like a pompous ass…no wonder people hate Americans. Anyway, Ladies Night was interesting. There was a male strip competition; the winner was wearing a shiny gold thong. Haha. That’s the only thing about the night that made it a Ladies Night. Anyway it was still fun to be out and doing something.
Unfortunately I didn’t sleep well that night and woke up early the next morning. It was raining off and on. Finally some of us decided to go in to town anyway. It hadn’t rained in town, just a few miles away…so bizarre. So we went to the beach for a bit. Some others went to go meet a friend but since the weather was actually nice I stayed at the beach. I walked along the beach for a bit and then headed up a track to the Byron Bay Lighthouse. It was a
Tallow Beach
A less popular beach near Byron Bay, seen from near the Lighthouse. nice walk through some rainforest. At the light house there was a good view of the ocean, the town, and several beaches. (I guess since it is a light house you would be expected to have a good view of things!) Right next to the lighthouse is the most eastern point on the Australia mainland. I spent a while up there but a tour group of a bunch of annoying backpackers showed up right after I got there so I tried to stay a bit ahead of them. But of course they were gone soon to continue their tour.
Just a bit beyond the lighthouse is a remote beach and outlook. Little Watego’s Beach was mostly deserted so I spent quite a while meditating and enjoying nothing but the sounds of the ocean. It was quite a rocky beach and the tide was coming in so I moved along down to some other more crowded beaches. I beach hopped back to town where I was to meet the others to go back to the hostel. I still had the entire evening before my bus down to Port Macquarie. The staff at the hostel was kind enough to take
Byron Bay Lighthouse II
A close up of the Lighthouse and the cliffs below it ending in the sea. me to the bus stop at 11:30 pm. Thank goodness I didn’t have to wait at the bus stop for hours!
My time in Byron was short and I didn’t get to see much of the town. It had a good vibe though. It was kind of hippy, artsy, and quirky. I would have liked at least one more day there but I needed to keep moving.
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