Bird’s Nest Bevarage – 25% bird’s nest

Sunset over Byron Bay – from the lighthouse after a killer trek.

Byron Bay beach – always something magical about the place.

Full of hippies, surfers and new age therapists!

There will be no pictures of the infamous Cheeky Monkeys club. All the photos are too horrendous to be shown in public.

Rainforest trekking…

That’s not a pixie next to an ordinary tree, thats Mirthe and one big mo fo of a plant.

Cultural Surfers Paradise. Great beach and fab weather.

Surf dudes with attitude, kind of groovy, laid back moves”. Who remembers California Dreams? Saved by the Bell at the seaside basically.

I’m so far behind on my blog. I must apologise to all my fans (!) who were eagerly awaiting my new posts. So here goes….

Just a quick note about Surfers before i get onto the next stage of my post. The one thing i did do there apart from sunbathe and party was ascend the highest residential towers in the world (and one of the top 20 highest towers on earth) via one of the fastest elevators in the world. It’s called Q1. From the observation area one can see all the way down to Byron, and all the way up to Brisbane. From that height Surfers actually looked quite nice. It totally dominates the skyline and so one can see everything from above. The views out to sea are spectacular.

Anyway, after leaving Surfers myself, Paul (Scotland), Mirthe (Germany) and Becky No.2 (UK) arrived at Brisbane and another Australian state; this time Queensland. The others only stayed on night before heading to Noosa so i was left to explore this city by myself before meeting other backpackers later on in the week.

‘Brisvegas’ is the 3rd largest city in Australia but is a large step down from Melbourne and Sydney. It’s quite provincial and not very substantial in any sphere (art, culture, cuisine, music, etc.) as far as i could tell. In saying this Brisbane is not devoid of these attributes, merely it fails to excel at them in ways that more international Australian cities do.

For the rest of this post please visit – Boring Brisbane?

I've fallen in love with Byron.

It's a small town just under half of the way up the East coast. It's an essential part of anyones trip to Oz. It's chilled and quirky to the extreme. It's a haven for ... [Continue reading this entry]