New South Wales Oz

Due South

My next destination after Surfers Paradise was Byron Bay, a place i had heard alot about. As i got onto the Greyhound bus heading south my mate Ken got off! He and Elroy were looking shady with their sunglasses(!) It was here i met a girl called Eleni that Ken had been on a boat in the Whitsundays. She was from London and we chatted all the way to Byron Bay. She also knew the three Chilian guys id met up with a few times! We arranged to meet back up once we'd settled in Byron.

My hostel was the only one conviniently placed on the Beach -' Backpackers Inn' It was a good hostel (better than the last i'd stayed in). Byron bay wasn't too big and very likable, with ample amounts of hippie shops, a laid-back feel and plenty of cool cafes, art shops and take-aways.


That night I headed out to the famous 'Cheeky Monkeys' bar/club for cheap eats and to meet back up with Eleni. I was stood in the queue for almost an hour and enevitaby got chatting to a bunch of people: a girl from Finland, a girl from OZ and two lads : one from London ( Which may as well be a country of its own!) and a lad from the USA. Once we finally got into the club and had something to eat I found Eleni and bumped into Canadian Eric who had been reading the 'Da Vinci Code' on the Greyhound a few days earlier from Brisbane. Over it was a good night! There was a body painting competition ...for the the lads and girls :cP and Eric won a free Sky Dive! It all ended a bit abrupty when Lisa (the Finnish girl) got a little too drunk as it was her 22nd birthday that week and I got chucked out of the club with her..... Oooops! (not that i was THAT drunk) Got her in a taxi and sent her home with her mate.



Byron Cape

The next day was Saturday and i used the free bike hire facility at the hostel to get up to the lighthouse near the cape. I hadnt had any breakfast, was a bit hung over from the night before and hadn't been cycling in years... It nearly killed me(!) The weather was hot and sunny and the views of the light house made a perfect picture.

Lighthouse at Byron Bay Photo album

I felt that using the clear sunny day in the classic Black and White photography worked for portraying the lighthouse well and was a good look for the lighthouse. Another thing i did, which i hadn't done in years was sit and sketch. :c)

Later that day Ken arrived form Surfers Paradise and once again ended up heading for Cheeky Monkeys. We met up with Eleni and Anna and got some discount food for dinner. We slowly watched the bar decend into a Saturday night frenzyed chaos... We left after Ken made a show of himself in a hoola-hoop competition and lost... lol

On the way back we came across a late night market w'd heard about earlier that day, with jewelry and live acoustic music. awesome!




Sydney blue mountains