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Rush and Luge - Extreme Adventures
Byron Bay was our next stop up the East Coast of Australia and such a cool relaxing place after our hectic week in Sydney. We stayed at a hostel/campsite called the Arts Factory which is like a village all of its own, it has a pool, spa, two bars, cafe and cinema. By this point the funds were running low and the nice sterling conversion rates we were getting in South America are not so good in Australia so it was time for the tent again. Luckily we found an old matrass which we managed to erect the tent over so the floor wasn't too hard but we found out the place we put the tent up had been underwater from the lake the week before so prayed for no rain all week! Off the coast of Byron's main beach is the Julian Rocks marine reserve which is one of the best diving sites on the East coast so I thought if I am going to try diving here was the best place. I did the 3 day open water paddy course just off the Julian Rocks and it was amazing! I have always been a bit worried about the whole breathing underwater experience but actually I loved it (I am now thinking I was some kind of fish in a former life!). I was really lucky too as I saw a grey nurse shark, very rare, only 300 in Australia, lots of Wallagong sharks which were all pregnant and 2 giant turtles. I just missed an octopus too as I was involuntarily floating to the surface by mistake but soon mastered the sinking technique so no worries.
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