We were told to skip out Surfers Paradise as its meant to be the tackiest point on the Gold Coast with lots of sky rised buildings and Miami style streets, but we headed there anyway- and i don't know if its because we were expecting the worst- but we were pleasantly surprised! Surfers is the total opposite to Byron Bay- its completely spoilt by hotels and motels and sky rised buildings and tacky shops and themed restaurants, but the beach was still an amaz...

Hello Well we left rainy Sydney to head up the coast for some sunshine in Byron Bay........ we arrived to a terrential down pour, black skies and a vrey dead and quiet Byron Bay- not what we were expecting! Byron Bay is a really chilled out surfy town full of aging hippies, skater dudes and surfers that do minimal work and plenty of chilling out in the sun! No one seems to bother with shoes and even in the cold and rain everyone was as friendly as ever...