Byron Bay, Miles Away

Just got back from Byron Bay, these airplane rides are getting tiring! We left early Thursday morning and flew to Ballina, which is about a half hour away from Byron. So the first day we sat on the beach and read our books, then walked around some of the shops and had some great thai food. I wasnt feeling too good so I was in bed by around 11 while the rest of the girls had quite the night out!

Friday was a beautiful morning, we had a great breakfast at a neat little place overlooking the main strip of Byron. Then we headed to the beach where the temperature was perfect and we spent the time baking.
In the afternoon I met up with one of my friends who I've actually never seen before, we are pen pals of sorts, and we've talked continents away over msn for the past year! She lives in Coff's Harbour, which is about an hour south of Byron, if I have my geography straight! We had a great afternoon, having lunch and ice cream and going around "alternative" health stores and buying yummy organic soaps! I found a smell in a soap that I have been looking for for years, it was an old Lush product that was discontinued! That just made the day so much sweeter. The similarities between our personalities and our experiences were uncanny...what a small, small world it is.

Byron weather is peculiar as it is hot in the mornings and cools off around 3:00. By evening it is as cold as Melbourne! We were bundled up and we decided to go to Cheeky Monkeys, after many recommendations! Cheeky Monkeys was truely a backpacker's place, lined with flags from all over the world, cheesy games and prizes, and dinner menus for $2.00! But we were so tired we decided to be party poopers and we were in bed by 10:30!! So much travelling does that to a gyal!

We were planning on going to Nimbin one of the days but decided not to...maybe if we had more time. We loved Byron too much! Today we trekked to the most easternly point of the Australian mainland, to this lighthouse that I will definitely be painting when I get home! (That is my plan, if i dont find a job for the month of August I am going to spend all my time painting pictures of Australia!) We saw dolphins from the look out point and watched surfers riding the waves. It was amazing!




All in all Byron Bay was such a relaxing little town with a very positive and energizing aura. I feel relaxed, rejuvenated, and ready to conquer my exams! Can't say i'm not disspointed to be back here in Melbs facing round 2 of Reactions Engineering wrath this Wednesday...but hey thats life! Back to life, back to studying!