Mullumbimby (Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay) - Sunday 23 June 2019
After a relaxing morning in the sun, including a breakfast fry up, we decided to explore further afield. We went first to Brunswick Heads, which is only a 15 minute drive away. TripAdvisor guided us towards a cafe although we had to do three blocks before we could find a carpark. We sat outside to people watch - let's face it, there are a lot of hippies up here. By the end of the day, I have rated our three towns visited by hippiness. But I'm jumping ahead. Most of us enjoyed our lunch, although Greg found his a bit ordinary. The clouds had come in so it got a bit cooler so we got back in the car to contninue our tour. We drove over the bridge of the inlet to the Heads themselves, and the surf beach further south of that. A nice enough beach but less spectacular without any sun so after a quick walk on the sand, we headed back. Deciding we had seen all that Brunswick Heads had to offer - and summarising that it didn't offer anything that would particularly make us want to come back - we set off for Byron Bay.Byron Bay has certainly come along in recent years and is now very modern, upmarket and almost fancy. Hence, we really did smile at the old fibro cottage squashed in between two gigantic sets of apartments - this would have been the original Byron Bay. We did a tour of town - which was also very busy - looked out from the surf lifesaving club, and then drove to the more natural parts of town. Our first stop was The Pass, here the surfers were riding the waves parallel to the beach - quite a bizarre sight.
This good lookout afforded views both back over the bay that gives Byron Bay it's name and the open beach. However, we were in search of the lighthouse so we continued on our way. This bluff is quite hilly, with sharp little hills and hence one way roads. Great views though.
Given all the cars, and lack of parking, we decided to head back. A quick stop at the supermarket in Mullumbimby and then back to light the campfire, watch the lightening and enjoy a lovely dinner. We virtously decided on an acohol free day so I enjoyed this rosella soda I bought at the rosella farm the other day. Very refreshing - would be good in the heat.
Tomorrow we head to Andrew's so I'm looking forward to catching up with my brother. Before we leave Hippy-ville, our hippiness ratings. Mullumbimby tops it - the people in the supermarket on Saturday afternoon - oh my! Followed by Brunswick Heads and Byron Bay - the latter is bcoming way too trendy!!
posted by Tracey @ 8:34 am
2 Comments:
Loving your posts ! We have got some exciting news....we are going to be "vanning" buddies. Bought a Jayco poptop over the weekend, can't wait to tell you all about it :) Say hi to Greg for us xx
Woohoo! Congratulations! We can’t wait to initiate you!
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