Day 2 - Byron Bay

Due to the lack of curtains in our room and the enormous wall to floor window, we woke up early again to the birds yapping away. Today we thought we'd have a change of scenery from the beach and decided to head to Minyon Falls which was around a 45 minute drive away. Minyon Falls is a 100ft waterfall however due to the lack of rain it certainly wasn't one of the most powerful we have seen. We parked at the top of the Falls and had a peak out over the Lookout before walking down to the bottom. The sign suggested that the walk was 3 hours one way to the base of the waterfall. It was however only 4.6km so we figured that surely it wasn't going to take us that long and braved it. We did have some serious doubts when half of the walk was along the flat in the opposite direction to the waterfall however eventually it started to wind down and we arrived at the base around an hour later. It was actually a really nice walk through the rainforest and wound its way slowly down so it wasn't too steep either. To get up to the base we did have to climb over some huge boulders. At the base of the Falls there was a perfect swimming hole. Now from our previous experience of waterfalls in the Atherton Tablelands we knew this was going to be cold. We were pretty hot from the walk down though so Maddy and I braved it and went for a swim. Simon on the other hand didn't fancy getting his feet wet so he sat on the side and took pictures.

After what felt like forever, we eventually made our way back up to the car and headed back into Byron. We stopped off at Woolies and grabbed some wraps and tuna and then headed to the main beach for a picnic and some more sunbathing. There was no wind today so we didn't have to deal with the sand blowing in our faces.

Once the sun started going down we headed back to the Airbnb for the evening. When we arrived we found Paul and his friend Shaun planning their outfits for a psychedelic space themed party (very Byron). This provided us with a good couple hours of entertainment whilst they made their outfits out of a colander, metal spoon, some LED lights and a lot of aluminium foil. We then tucked into a yummy curry and enjoyed a few beers out on the veranda.Read more