Our last few days in Brisbane were spent visiting, chatting and generally relaxing – a perfect combination. After a day in Kenmore, we then headed down to Byron Bay to stay for a couple of days. A side trip for lunch to Bangalow in the hinterland made a lovely diversion, but sadly it was then time to leave Brisbane. An early morning flight on April 6th saw us...
Sadly it was time to move on again today and it was a big day. After heading past the Big Prawn in Ballina we moved on to the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour. ‘Big‘ things have become something of a cult attraction in Australia. We saw just two today and have missed the ‘big ant’ (in Broken Hill), the ‘big avocado’ (in Duranbah), the...
Actually, as we found out yesterday, Byron Bay was not named after Lord Byron the poet, but he would have fitted right in. As someone who liked a drink, he would have been able to sympathise with the surfing culture which is still deeply embedded in Byron Bay: “Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.” Lord George Byron We had a...
We started the day with a walk which didn’t quite turn out as planned. Maps without topographical information can be annoying and the walking map of O’Reilly’s is a case in point! Actually, given that we were aiming to walk down to the Blue Pool on Canungra Creek, I could easily have worked out that it is likely to be downhill all the way and whilst...