This is a picture of surfers paradise by the way...not Byron Bay!!!!!

Byron Bay 5th-7th May- Left Brisbane in our hire car, which we got a really good deal for! Headed down the coast towards the Gold coast and Surfers Paradise. We could see Surfers Paradise emerging from the Skyline from miles away. Its hideous and we kind of new it would be but we were heading past it so thought we should see it for ourselves! Absolutely nothing different from what I was expecting. A huge beach full of bronzed ozzies and towering white bulidings stretching for miles along the coast. It was pretty busy as well, shame we decided to go on a bank holiday...bad choice! After that we headed to Byron Bay, much more our thing. Its really cool here our hostel was like a hippie commune but good. Although I got trapped by a random drunk girl in the toilets who wanted me to come and meet some hunky germans LOL!!! I sadly declined...she was wierd ok and I couldnt leave!!
Byron is awesome though, really chilled out atmosphere, cool shops and bars...just my kind of place really. Sat on the beach the first day which was cool. Although I was suffering from backache due to the extremely thin mattress....damn budget hostels!!!! Loved it here though!