Byron Beautiful!

This weekend marked my first getaway to Byron Bay. Just an hour south, it is a gorgeous little beach town, also known as the most easterly point of Australia. Italso has a great lighthouse that still runs at night, filling the town with light.

We got there around 4:30, checked into our hostel, and heading to Aztec for a DELICIOUS, but very long mexican meal. I recommend the cheese dip, it was amazing, but apparently the guacamole was delicious as well. Then we decided to head to a local home, a friend of a friend, to get the details on the nightlife in Byron Bay. But, to get there we had to drive, and since I had opted for just water at dinner, while everyone else had margharitas, I got to drive a car on the Aussie streets (and navigate driving on the wrong side of the road) for the first time. The Outcome: Not as terrifying as I thought it would be, and something I'm looking forward to doing again.

It was a pretty tame night out, I had 1 beer overall, some of my friends had a little more, but we went to Aquarius Backpackers Lodge for a few minutes, then everyone migrated to the Beach Hotel, but, having a few people lagging behind, I waited for them, and by the time we arrived at the Beach, they were no longer letting people in, as they close down at midnight. So, the three of us who missed out stopped by a Dominos for a little pizza, and then after 15 minutes caught up with our crew again. Everyone else was hungry, so we went to the most hilarious kebab shop: Abrakebabra. After that, most of us were pretty exhausted, so we walked back to the hostel for a little shut eye.

Sunday was our day to explore. We had a disappointing breakfast at Fix Coffee, and then looked at all the great shops for a few hours. My friend Alan who was with us confided in us that he is scared of the 'artsy types' that frequent Byron Bay, because they 'creep him out.' That

provided the rest of us with plenty of cannon fodder to make fun of him for the rest of the day. For lunch we stopped in at a little sushi place. It was delicious, and sushi here is so cheap! Must be the proximity, I guess! We spent an hour on the beach relaxing, and then headed to the Lighthouse to check it out.

It was so beautiful, and on the walkway to the most easterly point in Australia, we got the extra special treat of seeing a whole school of wild dolphins swimming in the break.

It was a great weekend getaway, and fantastic to relax as I will be going pretty heavy on the school work for the next couple of weeks.