In Two Places At Once

Remember that trip to pick up an Apple at Pearson Street a while back; well, Steve went a bit further this time and flew back home to Melbourne for 24 hours to attempt to recover his back up files to his new MacBook. Notice the findpenguins maps have him flying there and back out of Coolangatta Airport in the Gold Coast.

The bonus was that he could catch up with Jaime and go out for dinner, of course it’s steak on the menu at the Meat & Wine Company in Camberwell.

Leaving me at Byron Bay, my mission - to discover where all the hippies went when the backpackers moved into Byron.

Mullumbimby would be the answer. On my way back from dropping Steve off at Coolangatta airport, I dropped in to this little hinterland town. Mooched around a bit, checking out the locals who I suspect had moved the 21km to put some distance between them and the “fake” Byron interlopers. Some nice artisan shops and cafes...

On my way back into Byron, I discovered the Byron Bay Railroad which runs a little train from North Beach to Byron and back. Little being applicable to both the train (circa 1961) and the length of the ride. Not really worth it unless you’re planning to spend more than 2 hours in Byron Bay and don’t want to pay for parking. In that case, park at North Beach for free and pay the $8.00 return for the train ride.

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