A Beach House at Byron Byron Bay

Byron Bay- the holy grail of Australian travel. At least that's what I've been hearing ever since I arrived in Australia almost a year ago. "You'll love it!" ..and I did. <br>It's known for being a laid-back, hippie town with a great beach. I've become a bit weary of having too high of expectations for anything as they can easily lead to disappointment but as I stepped off the bus that first morning in Byron, the sun was out, and I was damn excited to be there. I ...

... wollen, was da so in Strandnaehe passi**t. Wir v**muten, dass es wie bei uns Menschen morgens bei den Delphinen heisst &#8222;So who's going to sign up for people watching today?" J<br><br>Wir kommmen sehr langsam vorwa**ts bei uns**** kleinen Wand**ung, weil wir voellig faszini**t vom Wildlife-Treiben in d** Bucht sind und uns**e Augen kaum von dem Spektakel wenden koennen. Unt**wegs w**den wir dann auch noch von einem Wat**dragon ueb**rascht, d** freundlich ...

... girl from Ireland and a girl from England) woke up at 4am to embark on the hour long hike to the Byron Bay lighthouse and catch the 5:30am sunrise. The lighthouse is perched about 100 meters high on a peninsula that juts out into the ocean just far enough to be the eastern-most point in Australia. We arrived in time for a spectacular sunrise that did not disappoint our lofty expectations. Sky turned a whitish yellow just before the bright orange ball burst ...

... is more than just a public bus and has more of a group travelling feel. Meet some really good people on the bus and end up being with most of them for pretty much all of the week throughout Surf Camp and Byron Bay, our driver is Muppet and when we get on the bus at 6am in the morning, we are greeted by phrases from him like ' You are all sick dudes, you are all on drugs' he is apparently into some very extreme sports llike base jumping in NZ, very funny guy and does a brilliant ...

... Newcastle got to the station I had to switch to the CountryLink train on three minutes before it left. That was scary stuff. My bag had already been loaded on the Byron train so I would've been hooped if I hadn't have made it, but luckily I did. The train ride itself was brutality though. I still am sans watch so I have no idea what time it is pretty much all the time so I kept on waking up ...

... of the afternoon we went to the botanical gardens for a cheeky nap and some reading time. <br>Then it was another delightful 13 hour bus drive up the coast to sunny Byron Bay into which we arrived at the very civilized time of 7am funzies! <br>It was even funnier when they nice people at the hostel said we couldn't check in till 2pm either so that was a day spent on the beach without a bikini (as i couldn't locate it)! <br>Back at the hostel we met our room mates, well actually i ...

... laid back and all accommodation and hospitality staff very nice. Don' t know if I would go to the Blues again as I much prefer to stay near the place like we did in Adelaide but that seems out of the question up there however we will see how the world recession effects them cause they are having a laugh with those accommodation prices. While Bryon Blues was well enough organized and had some big enough names it was the little things that were ******, so Womad wins there also Womad ...

... dieser liegt am oestlichsten punkt von ganz australien. es ist eine beeindruckende spitze, die da in das meer sticht.. und neben dem leuchtturm war ein kleiner eisstand, an dem es das in die top 10 gevotete beste eis von australien gibt. ich entschied mich fuer eine kugel mango-macadamia, und ich muss schon sagen.. mhmm...;-)

... de ins Bett gefallen. Am Samstag gab es Frühstück bei'm Bäcker und danach waren wir gleich früh wieder am Strand, wieder am Pass. Dieses mal, war auch ich Surfen. Spaßig auf dem kleinen 6ft Board von Mic! Mit Stehen war da nicht viel, aber zumindest habe ich das Paddeln und Aufstützen üben können. Bis ich dann aber endlich auf meinen Füßen stand, war das Board leider schon unter Wasser. Tja, zu kleines (Profi) Board, geringe Tragfähigkeit, und ich war einfach zu langsam. Hat ...

... was a really different christmas for all the canadians. there was live acoustic music/comedy show at the hostel to go with the food and sangria, and the whole place was packed! it was a pretty rip rouring party, probably one of the best ive had. after the hostel shut down we made a fire on the beach. no rain, really cool people, good food, lots of drinks....all in all it was a pretty merry christmas