So, quite unintentionally, this section of our trip has turned into a bit of a beach holiday. Neither myself or Andrea would call ourselves beach types, it’s just something we’ve never been into. For myself it is not for lack of opportunity. Coming from Bournemouth where there are beaches just 5 minutes walk from my house I have just never been bothered about it. However, here the beach experience is much more enjoyable. For one thing the weather here is hot everyday (it almost goes without saying), so that the coolest place to be (if you have some shade) is by the sea. If you spend your time reading on the beach then when you get too hot you can just dive into the water and cool off - perfect. Which brings me onto the sea - it is much warmer than the English channel - you aren’t shivering the whole time you’re in the water - which makes a dip more enjoyable. And lastly Australia is a big country with a lot of coastline, so the beaches just aren’t as crowded as back home. I’m coming across like a bit of a grumpy old sod here and I apologise. The UK does many things a lot better than Australia, but beach holidays just isn’t one of them ;).
Being a Sunday Andrea had a long run to do. When Andrea returned we hit the beach for a couple of hours, doing a bit of reading and then some more swimming. Andrea is still drinking more water than she is bodysurfing on so she didn’t have much luck there. I managed to ride some good ones as the waves were possibly as big as we have seen while in Oz. We went back to the hostel for a few hours to escape the harsh sun during the middle of the day and then wandered up to ‘Cape Byron’ to have a closer look at Australia’s most eastern mainland point and Australia’s most eastern Lighthouse. On returning to the hostel we made the most of the beachside location of the hostel and went for one last dip in the water before we would be leaving Byron Bay for the Gold Coast in the morning.
One of Byron Bay's beautiful beaches
Riding a wave
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