My new board! It is almost new and amazing to surf...it looks pretty cool too!
We stayed in Byron for 3 days (2 nights). On the first day we arrived after lunch and went for a swim in the sea. The whole place is a popular backpackers destination and was full of colourful vans, station-wagons, hippys and young people! Unfortunately that meant that the rangers (pretend police) are really strict on camping/sleeping in vehicles. After dinner we finally managed to find a place that didn't look too obvious so I went to sleep while the others set up their tent.
The next day I woke up early but found the others already up....they had been woken up by a ranger who threatened to fine them if he saw them camping again. Anyway, we spent the day sitting on the beach, surfing and generally chilling out. That evening we were cooking up dinner on a public BBQ (there are electric BBQs EVERYWHERE in Oz), when we were joined by two homeless guys on the BBQ next to us. One was a raging hippy, complete with tie-dye shirt (I wish I got a picture), who went on about how bad the government was and everyone should have their own vegetable garden....
The other one however, was a really funny guy who had a dog that did tricks! After we ate he put on a show for us, with the dog jumping through hoops, picking up stuff with a tennis racket and giving us all a high-five!
The guys wanted to go to a different town the next day and didn't wanna camp in Byron again anyway so they headed off to find a place to sleep towards the town. I wanted to surf my new board again so stayed and went back to the same place to sleep. I got woken up at 7am to someone banging on my car....I could see it was a ranger but all my windows are covered, so, through a mixture of tiredness and laziness, I just ignored him and stayed inside. Oh, and it was raining quite hard. After another 10 mins of banging on my car shouting 'I know you're in there' I thought I better get out. By now the guy was quite wet and pissed off, which I thought was quite funny.....he deserved it for waking me up! He gave me the same 'I'll fine you $110 if I see you here again' speech he gave the others (although I think he used more swear words with me!) and told me to be gone in 1 minute. Even though I was hungover and half-asleep, I happily Obliged....
Spent most the day surfing and met up with the guys when they returned at about 4pm. We went up to the lighthouse and looked at the views all along the bay. The water was so clear we could see stingrays swimming about just off the rocks. In the evening we drove out of Byron to a rest area on the way to Surfers Paradise to spend the night without being hassled by rangers.....
Byron Bay lighthouse. Apparently this is the most powerful lighthouse in the southern hemisphere.
Looking out from the lighthouse at Byron Bay
More views from the lighthouse
The most Easterly point of Oz is at Byron Bay. I have now been to the most Ssouthern (Wilsons Promontory) and Eastern points of Oz (doubt I'll get to the Northern and Western points!)
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