We're in Byron Bay!

We're in Byron Bay now. We left Sydney over a week ago after going on a Blue Mountains tour which was good. It was really cloudy when we first got to the Blue Mountains so we couldn't see the three sisters or anything at all really at first but out tour guide was really good and took us for walk through the bush first and then took us back to the three sisters when the clouds had gone. We went on the really scary, almost vertical train back up after we had done out bush walk down 1000 steps. The train was sooooo scary, I knew it was steep but i didn't realise exactly how scary it would be.

After surviving the train ride and seeing the Blue mountains we headed back to Sydney for one more night. We left the next day on the Greyhound bus to Newcastle. It was a really nice town and there was a huge surf competition going on there so there were lots of people around. We also went on a wine tasting tour in the Hunter Valley while we were there. That was really fun and we did all get more than a little tipsey. We went to about 5 different vineyards where they all gave us at least 6 wines to try and a few ports too. One place specialised in a kind of spirit called dragons breath, once you'd drunk it really did feel like you could breathe fire, it was sooo spicy. We also got to try lots of cheese on the tour too which was yummy. I now know alot about wine, I can tell you what wine to drink with spicy food, what to drink with fatty meats like duck and all sorts of other handy wine hints. It was a really nice day and the sun was shining so it was really good.

We stayed in Newcastle for a couple of nights and then moved on to a place called Coffs Harbour. We didn't really do much there except lie on the beach and swim in the sea although the second day we were there it rained all day so we went into the town and looked at the shops. It was a nice enough town but there was really that much there so we only stayed there a couple of nights.

After Coffs we moved on to a place called Lennox Head. I loved Lennox. It was a really small town, only one main road, one pub, one supermarket, one hostel but everyone was so friendly and we met loads of people there. We stayed there for a few nights. We went body boarding in the sea which was fun although difficult because of the size of the waves. We also went swimming in the lake which was great. The lake is a reddy black colour because of all the Tee Tree oil and Eucalyptus from the trees around the lake, it was really beautiful and lovely to swim in, and no crocs which is always a bonus. We havn't actually seen any dangerous animals yet, although we did think we saw a red back spider in the toilet but we're not sure about that. We had a really nice time in Lennox Head and could have stayed there alot longer if we had the time.

We arrived in Byron Bay this morning, it's only a 20 min bus journey from lennox to Byron so that was ok. I think we're just going to be here for couple of nights, it's very expensive here, a bit of a tourist trap really. I'm not sure what the plan is after here at the moment, possibly Brisbane.

Anyway best be off.

love lucy
xxx