A Day at Byron Bay

As you may recall from last week, we decided to escape to the beach for a while just so we could get away from the whirling swirling wind tunnel known as our bedrooms.

Where we live in Brisbane may not be on the beach, but for some time we have been grateful to live in such a perfect location to access two top quality beach areas in Australia. We are an hour and a quarter’s drive from both the Sunshine Coast to the north and the Gold Coast to the south.

Perfect!

But this time we decided to go a little further, venturing into New South Wales and the state’s second most visited location, Byron Bay. Byron Bay is about 190 kms from our place, being a bit further south than the Gold Coast. We were very surprised, and please, to find our journey only took a tad more than two hours.

My wife organised the accommodation, which cost a whopping $292 for just one night. I was expecting a detached three-bedroom villa on the beach for that money. Instead, we got this…….

Bay Beach Motel

Whilst our room was huge and lovely, the layout wasn’t as it had been explained to us. We though we were getting two bedrooms and a separate lounge, but it didn’t turn out that way. When we asked about this at reception, we were told we had been upgraded for free to a better size of accommodation. The room we were in would normally cost $200 more per night!

Crikey! $492 a night? So Byron Bay is not the cheapest holiday destination we have been to. But what was it like?

Byron Bay is a very hip town, hip as in “hippy”. It’s a laid back, new age, dreadlocks, surfer dudes kind of place. With lots of pubs.

It is also famous for being Australia mainland’s furthest point east. So we went to take a look. Apparently, it was up through this path……..

Byron Bay Path

Here it is, Australia’s furthest point east!

Byron Bay East Australia

Oh! Apparently not. It was further up the road, this way…..

Easterly Point Sign, Byron Bay

Along this path……

Eastern Point Path, Byron Bay

By this sign…..

Eastern Point Signpost, Byron Bay

Here…..

Furthest Point East, Australia

A bit too steep for roly poly……

Cliff at Byron Bay

…… so we didn’t. Byron Bay had a quiet beach…..

Beach at Byron Bay

…. and a busier “patrolled” beach, you must always swim between the flags, remember?

Byron Bay Beach

And the afore mentioned surfer dudes.

Surfers at Byron Bay

We liked Byron Bay a lot. We’ll go again, but at those prices, next time we’ll have the tent.

On our way back, we drove through Coomera, it’s about halfway between Byron Bay and our home. Why mention that? Because in record rainfalls, the heaviest for about a century, the Coomera area copped 360mm of rain in one 24 hour period the day after we drove through.

360mm!

That’s a whole months worth of rainfall all at once. And with it, plenty of damage. We are talking about a multi million dollar damages bill. Makes my few hundred litres over the bedroom floors seem quite petty doesn’t it?

Visa Assessment Service
{ 4 comments… add one }
  • BobinOz April 6, 2010, 2:22 pm |

    hehe Manfred, methinks you’re an advert. But yes, Byron is cool.

  • manfred April 3, 2010, 4:42 pm |

    is one of the amazing holidaying destinations and Byron bay luxury accommodation… You can really have great experience by staying there … I used to go with my family every year. that’s really great place…

  • BobinOz February 13, 2010, 8:49 pm |

    No need to apologise to Mrs BobinOz, she doesn’t read this blog. hehe.

  • Aviram February 13, 2010, 12:14 am |

    “My wife organised the accommodation, which cost a whopping $292 for just one night”

    I’m afraid when “wives & co.” organise the logistics, this is what happens…! no offence Mrs.BobinOz!

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