Ballina and Byron Bay
Spent one more day in Sydney staying in a friends room for free, and went to the Sydney Aquarium with Dela and some other hostelers. The aquarium is in Darling harbour, and has crocs, sharks and seals as well as tons of corals, species of cod, as well as puffer fish, lion fish, seahorses, urchins, etc. Pretty cool. We stayed in that night.
In the morning we, being myself as well as 3 other backpackers Adrienne, Jason and Agni, a girl from Germany, flew to Ballina, a small town (16,000) on the north coast of NSW. It was super cheap, (A$81) and took about an hour and a bit. We stayed in a small hostel and I went for a swim at the beach. It wasn't super warm. We went to the grocery and got some food for lunch and dinner. We stayed in that night as well, as it was raining fairly hard.
In the morning (Thurs) we took the bus to Byron Bay, and are staying at the Backpackers Inn on the Beach.
Both Thurs and Friday were decent in terms of weather. A few clouds around 20ºC in the water. Bought some new sunscreen (they say Aussie sunscreen is twice as powerful and 40+ Canadian stuff would be like an Aussie 15 spf). The first day we took to the beach to swim and check out the scene, as well as into town to use the internet, get groceries and go to the bank. The next day we took out boogie boards and rented a longboard to catch some waves west of the main beach. There are 7 beaches around Byron Bay, hence it is fairly popular, as surfers can almost always find a beach were there are good breaks. Tonight (being Sat.) is our last night in town, before heading north to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and 3rd largest city in Australia. While not as surf oriented as some of the smaller cities, we're booked into a hostel which will help arrange some work. We will take the 2-3 bus in the morning. Tonight there is a BBQ at the hostel, and we're considering going to Cheeky Monkey's, the place to go in town were people dance on tables and party until at least 3. I may also take a bike to Cape Byron later today, the easternmost point of mainland Australia. Cheers for now.
In the morning we, being myself as well as 3 other backpackers Adrienne, Jason and Agni, a girl from Germany, flew to Ballina, a small town (16,000) on the north coast of NSW. It was super cheap, (A$81) and took about an hour and a bit. We stayed in a small hostel and I went for a swim at the beach. It wasn't super warm. We went to the grocery and got some food for lunch and dinner. We stayed in that night as well, as it was raining fairly hard.
In the morning (Thurs) we took the bus to Byron Bay, and are staying at the Backpackers Inn on the Beach.
Both Thurs and Friday were decent in terms of weather. A few clouds around 20ºC in the water. Bought some new sunscreen (they say Aussie sunscreen is twice as powerful and 40+ Canadian stuff would be like an Aussie 15 spf). The first day we took to the beach to swim and check out the scene, as well as into town to use the internet, get groceries and go to the bank. The next day we took out boogie boards and rented a longboard to catch some waves west of the main beach. There are 7 beaches around Byron Bay, hence it is fairly popular, as surfers can almost always find a beach were there are good breaks. Tonight (being Sat.) is our last night in town, before heading north to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and 3rd largest city in Australia. While not as surf oriented as some of the smaller cities, we're booked into a hostel which will help arrange some work. We will take the 2-3 bus in the morning. Tonight there is a BBQ at the hostel, and we're considering going to Cheeky Monkey's, the place to go in town were people dance on tables and party until at least 3. I may also take a bike to Cape Byron later today, the easternmost point of mainland Australia. Cheers for now.
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