Day 90 ctd - And so it rained and there was thunder and lightening as we pulled into town. Luckily Tony from Port Macquarie Backpackers met us and soon we were inside our brightly coloured dorm room. Not wishing to brave the rain we had a night on the sofa watching How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. Day 91 - After a walk by Kooloonbung Creek and past St Agnes Church we arrived at St Thomas' Church where two old ladies eating cake (Olivia and I in a few dec...

Day 90 - 4.30am and we were awake (unbelievable I know!) and buying a pie and an apple turnover (much more believable!) at the 24 hour bakery. With a two kilometre walk to Byron Bay lighthouse once we had reached Captain Cook lookout, it started to get light as we followed the road uphill. We made it there to see a breathtaking red sky and shortly after the sun popped up over the ocean - an amazing moment. After spending a while admiring the view we walked back d...

Day 89 - After eating a sausage roll and a vanilla slice on the beautiful beach we waited for the Happy Coach. Half an hour late Fred, his pitbull Diesel, and the rainbow coloured bus pulled up and a crazy day began! While picking up others we got to hear Fred's great jokes (like the no eye dear one David) and hear him singing along throughout the journey to some great high volume songs. As we veered round corners at full speed Diesel found safety nestled on Oliv...

Day 88 ctd - Adjusting our clocks to another hour ahead, as we were now in New South Wales, we arrived in Byron. After being told on the phone that Nomads had 58 beds free we were disappointed to find them now full, never mind we had our backup Aquarius, though they were fully booked too - so finally thanks to Tom we tried Main Beach Backpackers and had much more success. First job was to book the next day's Nimbin trip so we were again at Tribal Travel and chose...

Day 88 - After a lovely week we were sad to say goodbye to the family as Caetlin drove us back to Roma St. After a short greyhound ride we pulled into Surfer's Paradise where we grabbed our backpacks and headed for the beach. Sadly work was being done and beach access proved problematic so we stopped for our first fish and chips, which turned out to be exceptionally good! We loved our lunch as we read OK! and Grazia magazines and watched guys wander past with the...