Coolangatta & Byron Bay, Queensland
Vern: We were delighted to find that our accommodation in laid back Coolangatta was effectively a hotel. A for-surfers-by-surfers beach retreat with a wood panelled bar and pool area littered with beanbags and day-beds. The building had room types for all budgets: apartments, hotel suites and dorms. Naturally we were in an 8-bed dorm, but we had the whole room to ourselves. Result!
Over two days we walked several kilometres in either direction along the beach, b...