BYRON BAY

I had heard so much about Byron Bay and after wanting to visit for a couple of years I was so excited to be on the greyhound! It was only a short drive from Surfers and we arrived early morning. We had a surf lesson and overnight accommodation already booked, so we headed straight to the hostel. At 2pm we headed to the beach with our small surf group, warmed up then headed straight into the water. It was a lot easier than we thought it was gonna be, and to Brad's horror I stood up first time! I began to overcome my fear of waves until I started getting smashed about by bigger waves and my surfboard kept smashing into me; so after a couple hours I was exhausted and just sat on my board at the back watching the group. Brad loved it so much and he got quite good at it by the end of the lesson!

In the evening we went to cheeky monkeys; a club we had heard a lot about coming down the east coast. We set off in a group of   8 and straight away saw the $3 alcoholic slushies! The club got quite busy quite quickly and it was the strangest concept people dancing on tables, and watching a Spanish guy win a twerking competition which he was actually so good at. We decided to head home but Byron had some torrential rain whilst we were there which came in short bursts but drenched you straight through in about two seconds- this was occurring when we were leaving the club so we had an interesting run home. 

The next day Brad, Katie and I headed into town to have a look round the shops and get some food. We found the most amazing toastie place- would 100% go back to Byron just for that. Once we had enough of the shops we went back to the hostel and sat on the beach- the hostel literally was a 20 second walk from the beach it was amazing! We watched some surfing lessons and then got caught in the rain again so headed back. In the evening there was a BBQ at the hostel so we enjoyed that and also a fire show. After having a few drinks four of us headed to Woodys- a club we had been recommended by locals. When we got there it was so packed! We only stayed for about an hour and a half because it took ages to get anywhere and there was a permanent long queue at the bar which was annoying, but we still had fun! 

Our third day in Byron we went to Nimbin. Five of us boarded 'the happy coach' and we headed to the weirdest little town. We looked around, had a few cookies, and enjoyed amazing burgers cooked by our bus driver- Princess Fiona. We headed back to Byron after a few hours and tried to sit on the beach, but once again Byron brought the torrential rain. When it had passed over we all headed to dominos for a pizza each and went home and just chatted till bed time.

Our last day in Byron it was just Brad and I and we headed into town for a toastie each and to pick up some food for dinner. When we got back we tried to do the lighthouse walk because it was actually really sunny on our last day, thank god! But as per usual we stop to take pictures a lot of the way and we ended up adding a lot of time on, and half way on the walk we realised how much longer it would take and how little time we had till we had to catch our bus to Sydney. We decided to turn back unfortunately- just means we have a good excuse to return to Byron! On the way back we also stopped for a coconut along the beach and I had a 15 minute nap on the grass- I can honestly fall asleep anywhere at any time of the day... In the evening we caught our 13 hour coach ride to Sydney- overnight coaches do not get easier the more you do, they will forever be uncomfortable and only allow you to have 3/4 hours sleep maximum.

We absolutely loved Byron and we met amazing people which definitely made it a lot better too! Both of us would come back here as it was just so chilled and we loved watching the surfers, and surfing ourselves. If we came back it would definitely be in summer, as there was times where we wished we could've just sat on the beach but the rain stopped us. But despite the weather it's still one of our favourite places we visited along the East Coast!