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Dave 's BIG adventure!
Byron bay
Byron was always going to be a messy one but, it started off being a very confusing one!there had been a few of us back in Cairns, who had arranged to meet up for Christmas! and while travelling south i soon realised that i would be spending Christmas with a a lot more people i knew! we were all staying at the YHA in Byron bay!
Now when you get of the greyhound, it's normal to see lots of reps from hostels there, to pick you up! or advertising there hostel! from the coach i could see the guy from YHA so as soon as i got my bag i headed strait to him, for him to tell me i wasn't staying at his hostel, so i told him to look again! and still no name! so i asked him how that was possible (i'd spoken to reception on two occasions only the day before!) he said i was probably in the other YHA!!!! "the other one" i thought! Byron's only small how could there be two!!! plus there was no rep from any other YHA! but he pointed me in right direction! it was only a short walk! as i was walking with some others from the bus in toe! i was thinking there is no way i'm in the same hostel as everyone! there's just no way! so as soon as i got to my i room i phoned Ellie ( i knew Ellie from Cairns and she was the one who told me about every one meeting up in Byron! weirdly she was in Brisbane waiting for the bus! as i had been just a few hours before!) i said "Ellie what hostel are you booked in to!" "YHA" she said "i know that" i said "there's two! "is there??" she replied! so i guess we wont know till she got here! i could here the panic in her voice as she relayed the conversation! to here sister! as there mum, dad and other sister had travelled over from Sweden! to see them for Christmas!! can you imagine if they were in different hostels! i rang round a few others and they had arrived and were in the same hostel! and already in the pub! so things were in place for a good Christmas! slowly every one started to arrive who i had arranged to meet up with! and finally Ellie and her sister arrived, and there parents! all in the same YHA! so it was time to start the reunion!
As the drinks started flowing i noticed a face i recognised! it was Bart (Bart was one of my good mates from Cairns) and one of the dutch guy i had hung out with for a while!! he now worked here for accommodation! so things were getting better by the minute! so after drinks in the hostel off to the main bar in town Cheeky Monkeys! (Byrons version of the Woolshed!) and sadly just like all the others it just didn't compere! not even a little bit!
The next day (Christmas eve) was a much more chilled out affair! although we were going through the motions, it was easy to see no one was feeling christmasy, at all! Ellie's dad made some muled wine and to be fair, it work a bit! muled wine for me has always been the taste of Christmas!
Christmas day was spent on the beach with a bbq! the Ozzy way was the the only way relay! far to hot to stay in a kitchen! as i was the only one of us who had owned a bbq before, that made me the most qualified to cook which i was more than happy to do! as bbqing is clearly a man only sport!! and a very good spread it was too!! for the rest of the day we played frizby! then went back to the hostel and watched a movie in true christmas day spirit!
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