Thursday, January 20, 2011

Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour, last of the East Coast

Leaving the Gold Coast, we returned to more of the small seaside town feel that we enjoy. We stopped by Byron Bay on our way to our next stop in Coffs Harbour. There isn’t a whole lot in either town other than more beautiful coastline (you might be starting to see a trend here).

In Byron Bay we drove up to the lighthouse, which is the Eastern most point of Australia. It is situated high above a point with two large sweeping bays on either side. Inside the lighthouse were some interesting nautical knickknacks, including salvaged desk from a shipwreck.



This is the view to the south of the lighthouse of a long crescent shaped beach that backs up against lush forests. The weather was on again, off again rain throughout the whole day, but it was still pretty warm so it wasn't a big deal.


To the north is a surfing point with these incredibly long Rights of nicely shaped, slow rolling waves created by a rocky point break.


Coffs Harbour, another idyllic piece of Australian coastline. We had a nice two bedroom apartment with great, free internet connection (a rarity in Australia), so we took the advantage to get some work done and catch up on emails. Also had a great kitchen with an oven, so we made one of our favorite dishes: sausage stuffed red peppers.


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