Byron Bay, is not really in Gold Coast. It’s not in Queensland(the state where Brisbane is in). It’s in New South Wales (the state where Sydney is to those who’s not familiar with Australia).
It’s about 1 hour drive from Gold Coast. And the most eastern point of Australia is there.
I realized I didn’t take a picture of Byron Bay’s town. The way Mathias described Byron Bay’s town: “It looks like Sibu town”. hehehe… I agree.
Eventhough the sun is up, it wasn’t warm enough to be sunbathing on the beach.
We drove all the way to the most eastern part of Byron Bay and found free parking there which was fabulous. Then we walked on this beach to the end and climbed up a hill.
There were so many steps to climb. Mat and I were taking stops at anywhere possible, and panting very heavily to catch our breath. For such a small hill, we’re already feeling so tired, how can we climb Mt Kinabalu?!
And here, picture below : the most eastern point of Australia, the east of the east of the east. Saw quite a number of people on canoes out in the sea.
Then we continued our climb to the lighthouse.
On our drive to this place, I did see a road going up to the lighthouse, but I didn’t direct Mathias to go there. And boy, are we lucky I directed him somewhere else! If we drove up, Parking Charges Apply, Cars AUD7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Walau!!!!!! Just to see the lighthouse, you pay AUD7! Climbing and walking and panting up those stairs wasn’t that bad after all! lol!
Oh oh… and I think we were kinda lucky. Why do I say that? Well… we saw 2 white splashes of water in the very very far distance.
What? We see 2 white splashes of water is considered lucky?
Heh… there are whales out there my dear friends! We didn’t have any binoculars, so couldn’t really see the whales. My camera couldn’t zoom that far, so we’ll just be content with the splashes for now… hehehe.
After climbing all those stairs, we really worked out an appetite. We found this very secluded fish and chips shop in one of the back lanes of Byron Bay called Fish Mongers (recommended by a friend).
It’s one of the best fish and chips I’ve ever eaten!
