Byron Bay Holiday!!!!

Over the holidays i want to visit a friend in Byron Bay. It was the most relaxing and beautiful place which was topped off with the wonderful friends i was with there.
While i was there an art expedition was happening on the shores of the beach. This is the ladder to heaven. + some creative photography. : )



This sculpture is a cube of concrete with a real tree planted on the top to signify the cities of today. I think it is a wonderful view on the world we live in at the moment.



This very large piece of art was one of the very first on the shore. It is the roots of a tree on its side. i think it was carved.



In Byron they have the Thursday farmers market. It was very very wet that day but we really wanted to go so braved it. This is our winnings of that trip. The star fruit was very sweet as it grows really well in NSW. I also got some tumeric in root form. I have never seen it like that before only in powder form sealed in plastic so it was quite a revelation for me.



This is me and my friend at a cafe/restaurant called The Balcony. It has a fantastic atmosphere with lounges along the balcony with lots of comfy cushions and heaters when it is colder. These couches are where people sit with a good book and a hot choc. We ended up sitting there for a while reading Sherlock Holmes mysteries and The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. It was lovely!



During July the whales are migrating through Byron and the best spot to see them is the Lighthouse. You can see the ocean in three directions with lots of viewing points. This day we went up it was fairly windy and gray skys so the whales did not make an appearance. We had a lovely day though sitting on the grass surrounded by beautiful tropical forest.



We got lots of rain Thursday and Friday was looking cloudy as well. By Saturday the sun made a very bright appearance. It was my second to last day in Byron so we thought we would ride back up to the lighthouse. We stopped at Woolies for supplies and began the uphill ride. We enjoyed a picnic of lamingtons, juice, fruit, chips and blueberry muffins. I was lucky enough to see about sixteen whales that day and three were very close. Some tourists who were on a kayaking lesson when these three whales decided to say hello. They definitely got more than they payed for. We also saw lots of dolphins enjoying the ocean waters. while we were admiring the whales we were robbed by a bush turkey. We had only left the picnic for a second and we over-heard some tourist saying something about a turkey robbing someones picnic. I started to laugh when i turned around and realized it was our fruit it was pinching. We both chased it away but in those few moments it had demolished half a huge green apple. The rest of the day it stalked us but we wised up and kept a careful eye on him. We also played lots of UNO. A great game!



We rode most of the way and walked along a track which looks out onto the sea. lots of beautiful tropical vegetations.