Waves Motel Byron Bay

Week Two of Byron. Talk about chilled - we are totally relaxed and take each day as it comes and we have taken nothing illegal to get to that state!! We have thrown away our watches and are no longer governed by time! It is amazing how our tummies however have become surrogate time keepers for us!! We are so laid back we are horizontal!
We have walked lots, our favourite being the Lighthouse walk as you can watch the dolphins ...

... inflating orange girls is wide of the mark to be sure. But they make and sell chocolates, they just do it with a little less pizazz than Mr W Wonka. We started at Drayton's, the largest wine producer in the area. They taught us that you should always start with a sparkling white wine to cleanse the palate. This should be followed by a dry white, then moving on to the sweeter whites, rosé, dry red, sweet red, desert wines and port. And all this at ten in the morning. It ...

... and i think i am that good i will join all the competitions next year - NOT! I was rubbish i even had my own 'special' board to make it easier for me, poor instucter had to go through it with me about 20 times as it was guarenteed to stand up!! Bless him but it was really good fun even though i was just happy to bop over the waves holding my board. The next day we went to Nimbin - I wont tell you ...

According to our guide book we had reached the promised land, and even in the drizzle Byron had something about it. It is a geographically spectacular bay that has been taken over by hippies and travellers. Although it has become a bit more commercialised in recent years (so we were told), the bay still retains a certain rerlaxed vibe. On checking in to the backpackers we were staying at, we were told the place was ...

... and Sevens so that was fun. I'd forgotten how much fun cards were. We did go a little stir crazy so at one point braved the rain to use the internet. We managed to time it quite well as it was mostly drizzzling and only bucketed it down once more when we were seconds away from the hostel. I've decided I quite like YHA hostels, they are pretty good, although can be slightly pricier then other hostels. But they do this thing where if you buy 10 nights in advance ...

... on the ground before grabbing some lunch in the town. A short drive saw us arrive in Byron Bay and we were nearly very disappointed as our chosen campsite, First Sun Tourist Park (right by the beach and town) had a No Vacancies sign by the gate. Whilst waiting in reception to ask where the nearest campsite with vacancies would be, we were told that they could actually fit us and our little van in - result ...

... and not yet 3 so we hit the main beach. Unfortunately, I neglected to bring my beach towel with me so I ended up getting sand all over me, but a trip into the ocean waves took care of most of it for me. I walked along the edge of the water for a while, but I started getting sunburned so we went back to the car. A quick walk around the block to the bakery set us up with a chocolate eclair for Matt and a piece of chocolate/ganache cake for me. I have to admit, it was ...

Byron Bay a place where young and old walk down the street barefoot, with nothing more than boardies and a board, or if you stay where i did a bunch of wannabe stinking hippies with bad attitudes and lots of magic mushrooms. Now i'm all for do what you want but this hostel, well you can openly take magic mushrooms but if you want coffee with skimmed milk you are not allowed to buy chocolate! Great, here's to freedom. The hostel was set in a nice place though, in the bush with a creek ...

... gets his accomodation in return. Hmmm......this sounds like a good deal.....must get rid of the french dude and take his job. Sorry, it's a dog eat dog world out there and besides, he's French! Get over it! I'm joking of course (kind of), Chris is a really nice guy but he does smoke some funny smelling cigarettes that make you do funny things. Not that we'd know of course.

Vi var i Coffs Harbour sidst paa eftermiddagen, vi skulle bo paa et hostel der laa- naermst i vandkanten. Da vi var meget traette fra dagen for, fik vi kun handlet og spist noget pasta med majs og ketchup- fantastisk. Derefer rog vi paa hovedet i seng.

Sondag skulle vi tidligt op, da vi skulle vaere til delfinshow kl 10 om morgenen. Vi ankom 30 minutter for showet startede, og da vi kom saa tidligt var der mulighed for at spille bold med ...