Cheeky Monkey

2nd day in byron bay!

we just wondered the shops for a while, then headed down the beach. i rented a surf board being all cocky caus i hadn't found it that difficult at the lesson at surf camp. so got the free surf board hire from the hostel. then headed down the beach. eva lay sunbathing while i put the surf board under my arm and headed out to sea. well. think i spent like half an hour out there, trying wave after wave, before i eventually gave up and came back in. The surf boards were alot smaller than the beginner ones.. impossible to get your balance. the waves were pretty big, there were a few dumping ones, safe to say i got battered about a bit. was pretty frustrating. but i'm not disheartened! I'll be back! with a bigger board next time. and i'll show poseidon who's boss.

after the beach we had planned to go up and cook a huge stir fry for everyone, but a guy came rounf with fliers to get big full proper meals for $5 again, so everyone got a bit lazy and headed across the road. it was like a proper party bar though, and we had plans for early EARLY the nest morning, so we just stayed, for the meal, bought a jug of beer, got a free jug of beer, then left. before the wet t-shirt competition. lol then it was back to the apartment and sleep around 11pm.

so this morning (friday 31st oct 08)
alarm goes off at 4.00.
stuart is straight up and dressed.
eva adam and mark still in bed.
20 mins later, thers a slight sign of movement.
5 mins after then people start to roll out of bed.
4.35 people meet us at the front of hostel.
about half the people that were ment to.
we set off for our 5 mile walk.
getting lost along the way in the pitch dark.
climbing hills.
starting to worry we were going to miss it.
finally arriving at the top of the hill at the end of the point to see the brightest lighthouse in the southern hemisphere, on the most easterly point at all of australia, and one of the very first point in the world to see the sun. its the first in all of australia to see the sunrise. it was amazing. absolutely stunning. the 6 of us that made the walk were compeletely blown away. was totally worth the 5 mile hike!

7.09am we arrived back at the hostel and it was straight back to bed.
9.00am we got up and showered and had to cram everything back into our bag.
we then went and bout another travel bag so that we could fit our new purchases and such. and then came to tell you lovwely lot about our last day!
and now its off to subway! yum! talk soon.