Azabu Luxury Accommodation Byron Bay

... BBQ at the hostel which means snags- basically the worst kind of mystery meat overcooked on a piece of white bread. I must be turning Aussie because besides adopting the local speech (which I swear I'll have to lose before I come home) I ate 3 snags....oh where's my nutrition sense now!<br>There was no bar attached to this hostel which is better because then you don't have to hide the personal stash of alcohol you will inevitably have. I played drinking games ...

... kaum fassen und bleiben auch hi** wied** viele Minuten sehr faszini**t stehen...<br><br>Auf dem Rueckweg zur Stadt sehen wir wie Paraglid** ueb** uns hinwegfliegen und kommen kurz danach an ihrem Startplatz vorbei. Die armen Tandemflieg** bekommen keine sond**lich grosse Einweisung, sond**n es geht kurz und schm**zlos: knappe Einweisung von 2 Minuten, und dann gehts direkt los mit dem rennenden Start von d** Rampe ungefaehr 100m ob**halb vom Strand! Die Tandems ...

... looked back. The town is about one block long and is lined with the sorts of tourist shops you might find anywhere else, except that everything here has a marijuana theme. Bumper stickers, t-shirts, coozies, and nearly everything else in this town celebrates the fact that the sale, possession, and use of drugs is basically legal here. Not by the letter of the law mind you, but in practice. We were entertained for a couple hours before our day trip bus moved ...

... tops off and sun highlighted hair, some of which are genuine surf instructors, the others just purchase the shorts from the shop and pretend to pick up chicks, very funny. They seem to have to mingle with the groups all evening and get all the girls drunk, lots of v. young americans girls being sick on their clothes, can't handle their goon! Each surf dude has about 2/3 swedish girls in hot pants hanging off them, apart from Andy who is slightly boss eyed and not as cool as the ...

With the car eating money (as they tend to do), I thought a few days in Byron Bay would be wonderful.  And it was.  I arranged for us to stay for 3 days in a little self-contained unit about 50m from the main beach.  Being in the non-peak period it was a reasonable price, but I wouldn't want to stay there in peak season.  The price per night just about triples in summer.  Yeesh!<br><br>We ...

... neck in sand, always a fun activity and he was a very patient model! <br>That evening after purchasing goon and some half decent wine our room was filled with Phil's 7 friends so it was pretty crowded and what followed was a mammoth game of Ring of Fire which did not end well for all. Phil's particularly boisterous friend Doug (roughly 18 or 19 years old) was on particular form in being a pain in the **** but i felt got his comeuppance when he managed to vomit all over the floor in the ...

... there (two days later), and made our way down to Airlie Beach, which is where you can catch boats out to the Whitsundays from. Airlie Beach is really pretty out by the water with lots of grassy spots to sit out in and enjoy the sun, surrounded by hills. We booked an amazing package deal for two days out on the water, one day sailing around the Whitsundays (in a boat named 'Camira') and one day out on the Great Barrier Reef. The way it ...

... weiter in den Süden zu fahren, aber es blieb nicht viel Zeit, also wieder zurück. Dummerweise immer noch ohne Unterkunft. Nach dem wir in zwei Hostels nachfragten und uns auf der Straße überall die Schilder "no vacancy" entgegen leuchteten, entschieden wir aus Byron raus zu fahren und zu Campen. War auch mal nett, auch wenn ein Bett doch wirklich was bequemeres ist! :) Hier bot sich mit endlich mal die Gelegenheit das Southern Cross zu fotografieren, was ich unter ...

... zurueck! Nachdem wir die Strecke nochmal hin und zurueck geloffen sind klappte es entlich und wir bekamen den....Camper oder wie man auch immer zu diesem fahrenden Untersatz sagen konnte. Er hatte ein Graffity mit John Lennon drauf, also nannten wir ihn Johnny. Wir brachen dann auf und beim Standgas fiel uns schon ein leichtes unruhiges brummeln auf. Als wir am Reisebuero ankamen wollten wir links ein einer Kreuzung abbiegen und auf ...

The only thing open on Christmas Day in Byron Bay was one tour agent oftering a morning sea kayak with the dolphins... perfect! I had been wanting to do this. We were a group of 20 people and I got paired up with a cute Frenchman named Jean who spoke with an amazingly good English accent. The tour guides, Kurt and Chris were quite nice. The sea was very calm. And after being outfitted with lifevest and helmet, we went to the beach to learn the kayaking techniques. Kurt gave ...