Last weekend I had the opportunity to go to a beach town called Byron Bay and it’s known for having the best beaches in Australia. I traveled with three other friends and we were able to hangout and have a relaxing weekend, but at the same time explore another area of Australia. We arrived on Friday and got to explore the town, which is very granola, and spent most of our day at the beach. We considered this to be a recovery day because the previous week was extremely hectic with classes and coming back from our spring break trip to Thailand(see last week’s post). So we finished off the day by going on a hike to the towns lighthouse and watching the sunset.
The next day we went on sea kayaking tour where we could go looking for whales and dolphins. I’ll admit that at first I was very skeptical in the tour because there were no signs of life for a while but all of a sudden it was like they were putting on a show for us. We saw so many whales and they got very close to our kayaks and it was amazing. I wasn’t able to get any photos of the whales but I was able to get an action shot of my friend Maddy who was my kayaking partner!
On our final day, we took a bus ride to a near by town called Nimbin. We traveled on a bus called the Happy Coach and the town itself felt like we time traveled back into the 70s. It was fun to explore the shops and the other local attractions in the town.
Overall though we did a lot of eating on this trip. Since the three girls that I traveled with are all gluten free and dairy free, we went to some cafes and restaurants that I can say I might not have picked out on my own but I’m extremely glad that we did. We shared all of our meals with each other so that we could try as much as we could off the menus because they all looked sooooo good. We definitely had a foodie experience this past weekend.
As of today, I have two weeks of class left before entering finals period which is honestly crazy. I still feel like I just got off the plane to Australia. I still have some more trips planned and this weekend I will be heading to Melbourne with the same girls I traveled with to Byron Bay last weekend. I’ll keep you all posted!
Miss you all!
Allison