After brekky we hit the road. We were going to Byron Bay today a place that we have heard so much about. The route there took us again through absolutely loads of sugar cane plantations, basically field upon field of what will soon be poison. It can be difficult withdrawing from sugar because it is an addictive substance. The withdrawal period can be bad but persevere as it is worth it. You will feel much fitter and healthier. If you need to lose weight the easiest way is to stop eating sugar and take a little bit of exercise. Jay has lost about 3 stone in 3 months through just stopping eating sugar alone. This is even with eating butter and full fat milk and bread. It is the sugar that makes you fat, not butter etc. I dare you to cut out sugar but be careful in the supermarket as sugar is in nearly everything and in a lot of things you don't expect it to be in. Just make sure you also avoid artificial sweeteners (aspartame etc) as these are even worse poisons than sugar. We arrived in Byron Bay with much anticipation. Lonely Planet quote as follows:- 'Byron Bay's reputation precedes it like no other place in Australia. It's a gorgeous town where the trademark laid back New Age populace lives an escapist, organic lifestyle against a backdrop of never ending surfable coastline.' Byron Bay we thought would be a hippyish alternative place where there would be quirky cafes and organic shops and places offering spiritual courses and alternative therapies. It was not like this. We hated the place from the moment we arrived. It was full of pubs and fast food and upmarket designer boutiques. The people were mainly 18-25 somethings just intent on getting ****** and laid. The few older people there were just looked stupid, like they were trying to be all hippy and new age but failing. It wasn't spiritual or laid back in the slightest. It was all very very commercial and extremely fake. It was just full of 'sheep' following the 'sheep'. These were not our type of people. We both felt out of sorts and out of place here. Neither of us felt very comfortable. The beach area wasn't much better than the rest of the town. The beach was okay but we've seen much better in Australia. It was packed with fake people. Lonely Planet goes on to say:- 'Byron Bay is an addiction that's hard to kick, many simply don't. A weekend turns into a week, a week into a month... Before you know it dreadlocks are a serious consideration' Well for us an hour turned into 45 minutes! We had an hours free parking and were out of there before this time even ran out! Before we completely left the area we decided to drive up to the lighthouse at Cape Byron nearby to take in the view. There really was a great view of the area from here and we saw some stunning coastline. We had some lunch here and then we were gone. We were very relieved when we left Byron behind us. We were going to stay at a caravan park in Byron Bay initially but when we found out the prices we changed our mind. They all wanted around $70 for a powered site. We usually pay around $30 or less. This was a complete rip off and indicative of Byron Bay completely. Plan B had been to camp at Ballina just a short way down the coast from Byron Bay but we didn't feel like that now and decided to head inland instead. We chose a caravan park at a place called Casino and headed there. The caravan park was very quiet and we got what we thought would be a nice spot. Each plot was separated by a large hedge and there was hardly anybody about. We high fived each other, this was bliss. It was great for a while but then the music started. It was coming from somewhere on a housing estate across the road. As usual people being inconsiderate! The music did though stop a short while later and we managed to get an early night. Byron and all it's commercial nonsense had worn us out.